Phidippus audax
(Bold Jumper)

Picture ID 16698

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Phidippus regius

Submitted by:
katz256
Submitted: Jun 1, 2018
Photographed: Jun 1, 2018
Spider: Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)
Sex:
Male,
Maturity:
Adult
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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ItsyBitsy

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June 1, 2018 8:41 pm

Hi, your image has been filed. (See above image for ID.) 🙂

SAMAROST

Reply to ItsyBitsy

June 2, 2018 3:02 am

I highly suspect a wrong identifiacation. It should be a male phidippus REGIUS. See those white patches behind his head ; male regal jumpers have them

ItsyBitsy

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Reply to SAMAROST

June 2, 2018 7:47 am

That feature is not exclusive to P. regius. I initially filed this as P. audax, saw the inscription second guessed my first impression … moved it to regius … took a closer look and didn’t see the features I associate with regius. It’s easy to mix these up. The location is a little suspect for regius, the anterior spots could be worn but are typically rounder/fuller on regius. I don’t know how much variation there is but I also had looked through the collection of P. regius on BugGuide.net and didn’t see any that had such striking white bars on… Read more »