What gender is this Phidippus regius?

SirBlue77

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I've looked online but I've seen images of females being orange and black sometimes.

While the males look similar to Phidippus audax.
I have a hunch it's female but I'm just posting for clarification. IMG_20250116_174943985.jpg
 

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goofyGoober99

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Looks female to me!
There are lots of different colorations seen in the female P regius but the males are always (at least to my knowledge) black and white.
 

zsiciarz

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Female. With P. regius, apart from the vibrant body colors, the pinkish tone on the chelicerae indicates female. While this can change from molt to molt, if she ever had pink on her face, she's a girl.
 
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