Phidippus audax
(Bold Jumper)

Picture ID 57933

Comments & ID Thoughts

It doesn’t seem to weave webs

Submitted by:
lisaag
Submitted: Apr 23, 2019
Photographed: Apr 23, 2019
Spider: Phidippus audax (Bold Jumper)
Location: Boston , Massachusetts, United States
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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Lisaag

Photo Owner

April 23, 2019 6:53 am

It was crawling on the bedroom wall yesterday. Today I drew the curtain back and it dropped to the floor.

Lisaag

Photo Owner

April 23, 2019 6:58 am

It appears to have an elongated yellow rectangular mark on its abdomen and is about an inch long

Arcticwolf115

Reply to Lisaag

April 23, 2019 9:23 am

Hi there this may be a Phidippus audax (bold jumper) :3

Lisaag

Photo Owner

Reply to Arcticwolf115

April 23, 2019 9:59 am

Thanks, I was poking around online and thought it might be one of the philipidus(i?). Are they dangerous?

Arcticwolf115

Reply to Lisaag

April 23, 2019 10:36 am

There not, just don’t go bothering it as in catching them.

TangledWeb

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April 23, 2019 9:45 pm

Hi, jumping spiders aren’t web spiders, as you noticed. Spiders generally either trap prey with webs or surprise ambush prey (there are exceptions). The spiders that don’t make webs to trap prey usually have the ability to make silk for many other purposes.