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Phidippus regius, commonly known as the regal jumper, [2] is a species of jumping spider found in parts of the United States and the Caribbean. [1] It is the largest species of jumping spider in eastern North America.
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, [1] making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. [2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and ...
Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
Jumping spider. What they look like: There are more than 300 species of these, and they all look a little different. “Their colors can vary from solid black with distinctive markings, to striped ...
A cute spider named Webora waves her arms while chilling among the fuzzy wires inside her plastic tub on November 16. Webora is a one-year-old Phidippus regius, or more commonly known as Regal ...
Phidippus is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). [1] Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae. Phidippus is distributed almost exclusively in North America, with the exception of two exported species (Phidippus audax and Phidippus ...
These large jumping spiders are found on bushes such as the sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), the rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), and the Four-winged Saltbrush (Atriplex canescens). P. californicus prefers bushes that grow on slopes with thin, stony soils, and appears to avoid conifers and moist habitats (e.g., the proximity of ...
Unlike most arthropods, spiders have no extensor muscles in their limbs and instead extend them by increasing their blood pressure. Jumping spiders can leap several times their own length by powerfully extending the third or fourth pairs of legs, [8]: 578 reaching up to 200 millimetres (7.9 in) with the forelimbs extended to grasp the prey. [9]