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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]
Menemerus semilimbatus are about 6.5–8.4 millimetres (0.26–0.33 in) long, the male being slightly smaller than the female. These fairly big jumping spiders are dorso-ventrally flattened and are covered with short dense, grayish-white hairs, with hairy whitish palps and a white band on the side margins of the carapace, showing also a small white, triangular marking in the middle.
The acceptance dance of the female involves her having the pedipalps high and far apart, with the abdomen to the side. The female then sways before the male, sometimes going side to side. After this dance the male climbs over the female, and uses the pedipalps to help her turn her abdomen. Then the male inserts his pedipalp to her genital pore. [5]
Jumping spiders have a distinctive rectangular carapace, [4]: 51 and that of female Phidippus clarus average 4.05 millimetres (0.159 in) wide, while the carapaces of males average 3.20 millimeters (0.126 in). [5] They are typically a red/brown coloration, but can sometimes be a lighter yellow or brown with darker markings on their bodies. [5]
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019 [update] , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species , [ 1 ] making it the largest family of spiders – comprising 13% of spider species. [ 2 ]
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 ...
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. Its iridescent chelicerae can range in color from purple to green.
Most species in the genus Maevia follow the mating behavior of the gray morph of the M inclemens species. [5] This courtship behavior pattern is standard for all jumping spiders which involves three phases [6] In the first phase, males will utilize a mating display to attract a female's attention for the latter to identify if the male is of her species.