Phidippus audax

Posted by David Brady on July 30, 2010 at 1:00 am · Filed under Andrew Lin, Animalia, Arachnids, Arthropods, Jumping Spiders, Picture of the Day, Spiders, Submitted

It’s Spider Friday!

I did not actually get any spider pictures last weekend, but when I announced that I had no spider pictures, Andrew Lin emailed me and offered to send me stacks of ‘em. You have him to thank, because this means I can squeeze an extra week out of InsectPOD now; we have pictures for a total of five weeks now!

And so, without further ado, meet my favorite spider of all, which is, of course, Phidippus audax:

Phidippus audax
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Andrew has this to say about this photo: “This guy is trying a different tack than other jumping spiders by using a sports car to pick up the ladies.”

In the full size picture (I’ve decided to just make them all 1920×1200 desktops from now on, unless the source image is too small), you can see the line of the hood.

Thanks, Andrew!

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