Funky lil' Phidippus clarus

[Scolopendra55]

I did'nt know they did this

http://bugguide.net/node/view/21534

 

[AviculariaLover]

Haha that's awesome! Yet another reason to love jumpers

 

[Stefan2209]

I did'nt know they did this

http://bugguide.net/node/view/21534

Hi,

thanks for sharing! Very interesting!

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[Emanuele]

I totally agree with Avicularia and Stefan.
Just a little question, since I'm keeping two specimens of P. clarus.
Do they live in humid or dry places? I know they inhabit "grass" by internet, but it's quite a superficial habitat description.
Same question for P. audax.
Cheers
Ema

 

[Scolopendra55]

They live in more humid regions, and are quite common in Florida.

 

[Emanuele]

thanks Greg!

 

[platycryptus]

Phidippus clarus habitat

Phidippus clarus is found throughout most of North America, from southern Canada well into Mexico, in both the east and the west. They can be found in both wet or humid and dry or arid areas, but probably not true desert areas. For example, they occur near the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake in Utah. They live on herbaceous plants in savanna, prairie, or old field habitats. I have also found them living on grasses in the Big Cypress Swamp in Southern Florida. If you rear them, they should be provided with access to water (a damp piece of cotton, or a small damp sponge) which they will drink. You can also feed them soy milk in droplets for nutrition.

I have some papers on salticids that you can access at:

http://www.esnips.com/web/epublications

The best reference on Phidippus is the Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus by G. B. Edwards (Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 11, 2004).

 

[Emanuele]

As always since I saw your first post here, thanks for all the info!
Cheers
Ema