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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » audax group (Phidippus audax group) » Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)
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Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Brown

Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax
Cox Arboretum, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
April 10, 2014
I believe this is in Phidippus, maybe a young Bold Jumper. Found in web underneath bark of fallen tree.

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Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax
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Contributed by Jeff Brown on 10 April, 2014 - 9:41pm
Last updated 27 May, 2015 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from typical audax.
… Don Cadle, 27 May, 2015 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 11 April, 2014 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Phidippus audax
What you have is a Phidippus audax or bold jumper. Very common. I have tons in my neighborhood. They have gorgeous chelicera. Kind of an iridescent green/blue. This is mature. Orange spots are indicators of maturity. White spots are usually juveniles. Kudos on the bravery. I could never hold one. Jumping spiders tend to have a hard bite.
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Thanks for confirmation. Kind
Thanks for confirmation. Kinda funny, jumping spiders are one of the kinds of spiders that I always pick up. I've never been bitten, but I always let them crawl on to me, so maybe they never feel threatened. I thought it was fun as a kid to have them jump back and forth between my hands.
… Jeff Brown, 11 April, 2014 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

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