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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » mystaceus group (Phidippus mystaceus group) » Phidippus arizonensis
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Fancy jumper - Phidippus arizonensis - male
Copyright © 2013 Eric R. Eaton

Fancy jumper - Phidippus arizonensis - Male
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
October 25, 2013
Size: ~7-8 mm
Found this on a tree trunk, collected it, and took it home for more images (those that follow). Identified by G.B. Edwards; there is also the remote possibility it is the male of an undescribed species, a female of which was collected in New Mexico.

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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 December, 2013 - 8:33pm

Very nice spider . . .
and very different from the P. arizonensis I saw in the Rio Grande Valley. Although my sample size is small the ones I saw in TX seemed to spend a good deal of times above the shrub level in trees.
… Dick Walton, 3 December, 2013 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
This is apparently a pretty variable species. Your observations are interesting and might suggest why the species is not seen that often.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 December, 2013 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

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