i finaly found a jumper with some color
Mar 21, 2013 11:41:41 #
Mar 21, 2013 12:15:48 #
Mar 21, 2013 13:15:45 #
Female Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax). Red spots indicate as immature. As the spider ages (and molts), the spots change to orange, then eventually white as a mature adult. Bold jumpers are one of the largest of jumpers.
Mar 21, 2013 18:27:04 #
A great set Tom, and a beautiful spider. I'm learning more about spiders here on UHH and jumpers are so cool. Thank you Nikonian for the additonal info on this particular jumper. Very interesting
Mar 22, 2013 06:51:19 #
tinusbum wrote:
Great series Tom!! Richardits much bigger than i usually see.tom
Mar 22, 2013 08:44:34 #
Mar 22, 2013 09:07:17 #
Mar 22, 2013 09:34:20 #
Nice pics Tom. What are the greenyblue bits , they look rather clumsy for fangs? :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 22, 2013 10:36:41 #
evenic wrote:
Nice pics Tom. What are the greenyblue bits , they look rather clumsy for fangs? :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
thanks everyone,evenic these are fangs and jumpers are any thing but clumsy.tom
Mar 22, 2013 16:36:04 #
joehel2 wrote:
Beautiful set, love the iridescent fangs.
evenic wrote:
What are the greenyblue bits , they look rather clumsy for fangs?
tinusbum wrote:
The iridescent sections are called chelicerae. Spider fangs extend from bottom of chelicerae.these are fangs . . .
Mar 22, 2013 20:20:00 #
Thanks Tom and Douglass, never stop learning. Still looking for a jumper :-)
Mar 23, 2013 07:12:34 #
Hey Tom
You don't see them often but the jumpers have rather Large fangs. These are still not deployed all the way. They fold inward like a pocket knife. They can still come forward further, you can see where they are hinged if you look close.
You don't see them often but the jumpers have rather Large fangs. These are still not deployed all the way. They fold inward like a pocket knife. They can still come forward further, you can see where they are hinged if you look close.
Mar 23, 2013 07:39:19 #
Nice pic, just as well they are small, that is a scarey pair of fangs :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 23, 2013 08:02:44 #
Nice set of images Tom...Jumpers always intrigue me. I can't tell you how many times they have jumped on my camera as I've tried to photograph them...Oh, and they can really jump can't they guys...
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