#Phidippus

[apsciencebydan]

Day 25 of my 2024 favorites: Festive Friends ♥️

Phidippus cardinalis aren't particularly rare sights here, but they're gorgeous, and sweet lumps.

Don't particularly care for the day's holiday, but as another day to appreciate brightly-colored creatures? Sure, I can do that.

[onenicebugperday]

@gallium-spoon submitted: Hello! I was wondering if you could help me ID this little guy:

Spotted in Arizona (I believe we were near Mesa) in July

Apologies for the hand in the shot, my dad decided we needed 'a hand for scale' and did not listen when my mom and I advised him against sticking his finger near unidentified spiders

Hi! There aren't many spiders it would be very dangerous to put your hand near in Arizona! But no harm in exercising caution. This fella is a harmless little jumper in the genus Phidippus. There are a bunch of species that look very similar, though, so I couldn't say which one exactly.

[ratbugs]

it is once again

little guy time

[esme-elora]

My jumping spider Pumpkin has gotten so big 😭 she's in her ninth instar now

She's grown to be such a sweet little lady and loves to help me work. Look how helpful she is!

[herpsandbirds]

Red-backed or Johnson's Jumping Spider (Phidippus johnsoni), B/M - male, T - female, family Salticidae, CA, USA

photographs by Kaldari 

[platycryptus]

Phidippus purpuratus is a large jumping spider most often found in Canada and the northern US, where they live on the ground or among boulders in exposed, rocky habitats like mountaintops and sea cliffs. This is a rather different lifestyle from some of their more arboreal cousins, and I assume they rely on the warmth of sun-baked rocks to sustain activity in the cold and windswept places they inhabit.

They’re well camouflaged among the lichen covered granite on this mountain in Maine, probably because they have to be- more conspicuously colored jumpers like P. regius and audax often have the option to drop into dense vegetation when threatened, but I saw these hunting on bare rock with nowhere to run should they face the misfortune of being spotted by a bird.

(Maine, 7/26/22)

[tinylongwing]

A sweet fuzzy Phidippus californicus, California jumping spider, watching the world from a patch of Swiss chard. Private commission for @halffizzbin. I love these cute little teddy bears so much 💗

[morbidsmenagerie]

She was being super cute in her flower.

[kas-e]

Juvenile Phidippus x Otiosus & Hybrid

[overdoso]

Phidippus clarus, também conhecida como aranha saltadora brilhante, é uma espécie de aranha saltadora encontrada por todo o leste da América do Norte e é uma das 60 espécies do gênero Phidippus, e uma das cerca de 5.000 no Salticidae, uma família que representa cerca de 10% de todas as espécies de aranhas.

[mimblex]

Two new things in my shop, jumping spider stickers and BUTTONS!! (very limited stock on the buttons btw, get em while you can!)

[apsciencebydan]

Look at him 🥹

(Young Phidippus cardinalis boy would like a snacc, I'm sure)

[onenicebugperday]

Victory jumping spider, Phidippus nikites, Salticidae

This species is found west of the Rocky Mountains and displays a wide range of coloration from white and bright yellow to bright red, with adult coloration usually in combination with black.

Photos 1-2 by nature4lzw, 3-4 by reptipods, 5 by silversea_starsong, 6 by ianmwright86, 7 by brian_wright, 8-9 by mhedin, and 10 (for scale) by llellin

[ratbugs]

not to brag but I actually have THE CUTEST SPIDER BABY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD and it’s true it’s true it’s true

Sweet baby Boots 🥾 , she’s perfectly bite sized and so polite 🐜🥕

[esme-elora]

Esme and Rose [Revretch]

My friend @revretch / @humansbgone made an art of me meeting their tarantula girl, Rose, and I still cherish it with my life. I like to think Rose and I would be nerdy little friends!

[herpsandbirds]

Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax), family Salticidae, found across much of the United States

Photograph by Michael Kam