Jef Taylor shows us a Phiddippus audax:
I don't pick favorites very often, but this is a very charismatic spider. Jumping spiders in general, with their big forward-facing eyes and little forelimb gestures, are pretty endearing. They are some of the only spiders that really seem to acknowledge humans, turning to face us when approached, putting up those front legs in a threatening manner, and then jumping away (or sometimes toward us) at the last moment.
Phidippus audax also has those great big green fangs and three white dots that look like a face staring up from the abdomen.
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Totally agree!
By Eighthman
Sat, 10/16/2010 - 11:41pm
Love jumping spiders. I sometimes have small ones in the house, and leave them alone. (I have -- had? -- video of my "playing" with one on my computer monitor. It I chased my cursor, and then I'd chase it.) Seen bigger ones outside. About three weeks ago I was trying to shoo one outside so I could close the screen door and not squish him. I moved, and he turned toward me and looked just like the famed Dramatic Squirrel.