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After looking at images of Florida species, I think this might be a regal jumping spider. I first spotted it crawling around in between some rocks, then they joined me on my park bench. Very cute and well behaved. A little bit shy. :)
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- Submitted: Apr 4, 2021
- Photographed: Apr 4, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.),Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Oops! Forgot! Comparing it to the “n” on my book, I’d estimate that the spider is about 1.5cm.
Looks like a Phidippus audax to me 🙂
Woah- I just saw your Phidippus audax photo! They look almost identical!
Based on what I’ve seen online the easiest way to tell Phidippus audax from Phidippus regius is the color of their chelicerae but unfortunately I didn’t get a face pic of my friend. Not sure if there are any other distinguishing characteristics…
Kylie is correct. This is in fact P. audax. Separating them with chelicerae color only works with sub-adult or adult females. Due to the fact that female P. regius can SOMETIMES have violet-colored chelicerae. Other times they will be blueish to greenish in color. Both male species, and female P. audax’s, will have blueish to greenish-colored chelicerae. The black patches on the abdomen is usually a tell tale sign of P. audax. Another way to identify them if they are this black and white color variation, is with the two hind white spots on their abdomen. P. audax will have… Read more »