OuiSi Nature card 85: Bold Jumping Spider. Photograph by Joseph Saunders The whole photograph behind card 85: Bold Jumping Spider. Photograph by Joseph Saunders

OuiSi Nature · Card 85

Bold Jumping Spider

Phidippus audax

Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Date
March 14, 2020
Photograph byJoseph Saunders

Description

I find these charming spiders often, including in my own home as was the case this day. While most spiders have relatively poor vision, jumping spiders see more sharply than any other animals with eyes their size, though the best are still about five times less sharp than humans. Bold jumpers range from Canada and the Atlantic Coast states west to California, and their jaws often have an iridescent green hue. Shy around people, they hunt only by daylight.

Joseph Saunders

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Joseph Saunders

Black Birders Week Co-Organizer, BlackAFInSTEM, Aperiologist

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OuiSi Nature card 85: Bold Jumping Spider. Photograph by Joseph Saunders The whole photograph behind card 85: Bold Jumping Spider. Photograph by Joseph Saunders

Bold Jumping Spider

Photograph by Joseph Saunders