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Not a Good Day for the Jumping Spider

Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you go hungry. Take the case of the huge jumping spider (a female Phidippus audax or bold jumping spider, as identified by Wade Spencer of the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology) hanging out in our Spanish lavender....

A honey bee narrowly avoids the outstretched jumping spider,  a Phidippus audax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee narrowly avoids the outstretched jumping spider, a Phidippus audax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee narrowly avoids the outstretched jumping spider, a Phidippus audax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oops, wrong direction! The jumping spider,Phidippus audax, is looking elsewhere as a bee arrives on the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oops, wrong direction! The jumping spider,Phidippus audax, is looking elsewhere as a bee arrives on the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oops, wrong direction! The jumping spider,Phidippus audax, is looking elsewhere as a bee arrives on the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, climbs its mountain and lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, climbs its mountain and lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, climbs its mountain and lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, exits its summit, the Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, exits its summit, the Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, exits its summit, the Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Jump! How Far?

Who's that knocking on our front door? Actually, we didn't hear it knock. It appeared out of nowhere and climbed up to our doorbell.  We gingerly placed the jumping spider, Phidippus audax, in a vial to transport it to our backyard bee...

A jumping spider, Phidippus audax,
A jumping spider, Phidippus audax, "poses" for a photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A jumping spider, Phidippus audax, "poses" for a photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 5:21 PM

Jump!

There's a good reason why jumping spiders are named "jumping spiders." They jump.  A jumping spider, according to National Geographic, can jump 50 times its body length.  We saw this jumping spider (family, Salticidae and probably...

Jumping spider on a petunia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jumping spider on a petunia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jumping spider on a petunia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

How Jumping Spiders Communicate

Those jumping spiders certainly can jump.Last summer we spotted what appeared to be the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni (famiiy Salticidae), stalking native bees and honey bees in our yard.Its iridescent green chelicerae, which...

A jumping spider, probably Phidippus johnsoni, eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A jumping spider, probably Phidippus johnsoni, eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A jumping spider, probably Phidippus johnsoni, eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Itsy Bitsy--Not!

It wasn't an itsy bitsy spider.And it didn't climb up the water spout.It was climbing all over the tower of jewels, ready to stalk and pounce on prey.We spotted this male jumping spider in the genus Phidippus (as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of...

Jumping Spider
Jumping Spider

MALE JUMPING SPIDER of the genus Phidippus in the tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-Up
Close-Up

JUMPING SPIDER caught in the act of crawling. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green Mouthparts
Green Mouthparts

JUMPING SPIDER is characterized by its iridescent green chelicerae or mouthparts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:50 PM

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