Phidippus johnsoni
Salticidae (Jumping
Spiders)
Phidippus
Phidippus purpuratus group
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This spider
molted today, 24 September 2016 and
has changed colors and the pattern.
This is probably actually a Phidippus
johnsoni
The front of head showing all those eyes - 21 August
2016
Front view of
the "face"
A view showing the
top of the Cephalothorax (front segment)
and the opisthosoma (back segment)
As the spider runs
away you have a view of
the end
of the opisthosoma which looks like another
creature
Photo Details - ŠNicky
Davis
Located silked
onto a Purshia tridentata
plant by Tim Dalsing at Eagle
Mountain, Utah County, Utah on 21
August 2016, elevation 5081 feet,
~40°20'43" N, 112°0'7"W
Spider may have molted on 26 August
2016. It stayed in a silked area for a
few days.\
On 21 September 2016 the spider was
silked into one area of the container
and was not seen out feeding.
On 24 September the spider was seen
out of the silked area for a bit and
has molted since the color pattern
changed to mostly black with red
stripe from front to back of abdomen
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