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Regal jumping spider (male)

Phidippus regius

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Field Notes

Description:

Large, black jumping spider with three white spots on the abdomen and metallic blue chelicerae (fangs).

Notes:

I'm about 95% sure this is P. regius, but it could also be P. audax.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you for the information jumpingspiderman! I like that everyone learns so much on this site.
jumpingspiderman
Cindy--after seeing your comment I did some more research. I found out that P. regius has disproportionally large, black and white striped front legs, and two oval-shaped white spots at the end of the abdomen. This guy had both of these distinguishing characteristics, so I'm pretty confident he's P. regius.
Joltik
Exquisite colors! I love the electric blue!
CindyBinghamKeiser
Based on where it was spotted, I'd think this would be P. audax but they do look similar.
MundoVivo
she even looked at the camara hahaha I can see her smiling XD

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BioBlitz! Oklahoma

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PublishedDecember 2, 2011

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