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Phidippus purpuratus

Phidippus purpuratus

Photo by TKBotting
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Field Notes

Description:

This spider was hanging out in our folded up umbrella. At the time, this was the largest jumper I'd ever seen. At about 10 mm in length, it was quite large, and it was really active as well.

Habitat:

At the side of an old building in the woods.

Reference Links:

Species Phidippus purpuratus - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (4)
CharliePrice
Great spotting , they are tricky little ones to get on camera. :)
TKBotting
Thanks LuckyLogan. It wasn't easy, I had to keep it captured under an upside-down jar for quite some time. I will try to remember to add a dorsal shot tomorrow.

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International Spider Survey
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Northern Ontario Wildlife
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Jumping Spiders of Ontario
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Jumping Spiders of the World

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PublishedOctober 7, 2013

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