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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.
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 ...
Many of the spider-hunting species quite commonly attack other spiders, whether fellow salticids or not, in the same way as any other prey, but some kinds resort to web invasion; nonspecialists such as Phidippus audax sometimes attack prey ensnared in webs, basically in acts of kleptoparasitism; sometimes they leap onto and eat the web occupant ...
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]
Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the southwestern United States ( California , Arizona , New Mexico , Nevada , Texas , Utah ) and northern Mexico ( Baja California peninsula , and Sonora ).
Phidippus otiosus is a species of jumping spider that is found in southeastern North America. It is primarily a tree-living species. [ 1 ] Females reach a body length of about 16 mm.
Phidippus arizonensis is a spider in the family Salticidae ("jumping spiders"), in the infraorder Araneomorphae ("true spiders"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The distribution range of Phidippus arizonensis includes the United States and Mexico.
A collective web of Agelena consociata in Uganda.. A social spider is a spider species whose individuals form relatively long-lasting aggregations.Whereas most spiders are solitary and even aggressive toward other members of their own species, some hundreds of species in several families show a tendency to live in groups, often referred to as colonies.