What's the difference between a male and female jumping spider?

[spidernewb]

I have a Salticus Scenicus spider =)
Thanks!
Kelvin

 

[Widowman10]

I have a Salticus Scenicus spider =)

the palps will be pretty darn apparent. also, thickness of body and ratio of legspans will be a little different.

 

[Spider-Spazz]

The males palps will look like there's bulbs on the end, its basically swollen with sperm.
The females is sleeker and skinnier straight down, no bulb at the end.

 

[Tarantula_Hawk]

And also, easier to see, if your's is a Salticus , the chelicera in males will be particularly large and elongated

 

[Widowman10]

female

male

male

those should help a little.

 

[Aranea8717]

So I have a pet bold jumping spider bit don't know the gender. He/she is black with teal on the fangs and abdomen has three orange spots. And ideas?

 

[Ratmosphere]

So I have a pet bold jumping spider bit don't know the gender. He/she is black with teal on the fangs and abdomen has three orange spots. And ideas?

How big is it?

 

[Aranea8717]

The spider is curled up in it's little "hammock" right now so it's hard to get a scale. But I would have to say either the size of a quarter or slightly smaller

 

[Aranea8717]

And the darn thing turned away from the camera when I tried to get a picture

 

[Ungoliant]

So I have a pet bold jumping spider bit don't know the gender. He/she is black with teal on the fangs and abdomen has three orange spots. And ideas?

Photos of your spider would be helpful.

Mature males have a slender build and bulbous palps.

Spiders.us has a gallery where you can compare images of males and females.

Here is BugGuide's list of male and female images.

 

[Aranea8717]

Judging by your advice and the pictures on the websites turns out my spider is female! Guess I can keep the name Aranea, lol..
You said slender and bulbous Palos and I'm like "nope, nothing slender about that spider". And her Palos are super skinny. Thanks so much for your help!