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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).
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 ...
Habronattus californicus is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. [1] It is found in California in the United States and along the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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 spider survey published in 1999 found P. adumbratus present in coastal sage scrub in the vicinity of San Diego. [8] A spider survey report published in 2022 found individuals in Baja California's Central Desert ecoregion in Sierra Blanca, Ensenada Municipality, Mesa Escondido and San Antonio de Las Minas on the Baja California peninsula. [5]
Phidippus johnsoni, the red-backed jumping spider or Johnson jumping spider, is one of the largest and most commonly encountered jumping spiders of western North America. It is not to be confused with the unrelated and highly venomous redback spider ( Latrodectus hasselti ).
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]
Terralonus californicus, the intertidal or beach jumping spider, is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States. [1] [2] ...