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Photo#99223
Jumping spider - Phidippus otiosus

Jumping spider - Phidippus otiosus
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
March 23, 2007
I don't think that this can be idehtified to species, I just love these spiders.
Feel free to frass.

Moved
Moved from Phidippus.

Oh my
Nothing helpful here but gee look at that thing it looks like it came from another planet in the future. thank god I don't think THAT lives anywhere near me. As freaky as it looks and as creepy as I feel just looking at it on the computer it is kinda cute in a weird out of this world creepy kinda way.

Cool colors there with the bl
Cool colors there with the blue and green.
How the heck do you get so close?

 
jumping spider
the blue-green are the fangs (if I am not mistaken) and I could well be.
I use a 105mm macro lens but jumping spiders, and this is why I love them will turn to look at you when you get close and I have even had them jump for me as if I was their prey.

 
I don't think they
Are mistaking you for prey. However they may see themselves in the lens reflection. And the last two jumpers I have shot both came slowly over and jumped on my pants and headed up to my shirt like they just wanted to use me for a prominence. I, the way, to the long view.

Nice
image. A Phidippus.
If you remember what the dorsum looked like, compare to the otiosus and mystaceus images. I'm going with the former.

 
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Thanks Jeff.
It was above eye level on a bridge, so I could not see the dorsal view.

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