
Comments & ID Thoughts
This is an unusual looking spider for my area it was hairy had noticable fangs and a pretty mean jump the most distinguishing feature is the orange spot on it's back I found it on my driver side mirror
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- Submitted: Oct 9, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 9, 2018
- Spider: Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)
- Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
This looks like a young bold jumping spider, phidippus audax. They have large chelicerae but are very harmless, and very unlikely to bite. I’ve handled bold jumpers well over hundreds of times, no bite yet.
Yep the last picture that shows up looks about right thank you