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Mar 17, 2013 19:17:08 #

napabob Loc: Napa CA

wolf, ickky, jumper, jumper

Mar 17, 2013 19:21:56 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

ALL are excellent.
Love the Red-Backed jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_johnsoni

Mar 17, 2013 19:37:56 #

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

All very nice. Are the jumpers two views of the same spider? I've still not found one.

Mar 17, 2013 19:49:43 #

napabob Loc: Napa CA

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

All very nice. Are the jumpers two views of the same spider? I've still not found one.

Thanks, yup same one

Mar 17, 2013 20:05:08 #

martinfisherphoto Loc: Lake Placid Florida

I have yet to find this jumper.. Love the color

Mar 17, 2013 20:17:39 #

guts Loc: texas.

Great shots,seen a couple spiders this morn. but they were on the move.

Mar 17, 2013 20:28:55 #

napabob Loc: Napa CA

fstop22 wrote:

I have yet to find this jumper.. Love the color

lesser quality-more red seen

Mar 18, 2013 16:33:09 #

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

VERY nice. I really like the firebrat in no. 2.

Mar 18, 2013 17:11:14 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

gym wrote:

VERY nice. I really like the firebrat in no. 2.

"Firebrat"? 'Splain yourself, please.

Mar 18, 2013 18:37:52 #

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I love these red backed jumpers. The colors are fantastic.

Mar 18, 2013 18:45:05 #

napabob Loc: Napa CA

Nikonian72 wrote:

gym wrote:

VERY nice. I really like the firebrat in no. 2.

"Firebrat"? 'Splain yourself, please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebrat

Mar 18, 2013 18:46:36 #

gym Loc: Athens, Georgia

Nikonian72 wrote:

gym wrote:

VERY nice. I really like the firebrat in no. 2.

"Firebrat"? 'Splain yourself, please.

Firebrats are very closely related to silverfish and look A LOT like them. However they are brownish, mottled dark grey or yellow in appearance as apposed to the 'silver' sheen that silverfish exhibit. Firebrats are so called because they prefer significantly higher temperatures than silverfish and are thus often found around furnaces, in attics, etc.

I've always put them in the order Thysanura, as do many other specialists, but I see that BugGuide places them in the Order Zygentoma. (Don't get me started on the subject of 'lumpers and splitters'. LOL) (I do accept, however, that it's one of the ways that taxonomists can continue to make a living.)

Mar 18, 2013 18:51:26 #

napabob Loc: Napa CA

napabob wrote:

wolf, ickky, jumper, jumper

Red back jumping spider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippus_johnsoni

Mar 18, 2013 19:26:22 #