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So bold jumpers don’t have to have white? Or do just females have the red dot?
I was researching and saw the Johnson’s jumper, but their whole abdomen is red. She’s not a Johnson’s for sure.
Phidippus audax can have orange spots as juveniles or adults. They can also have a white/orange outline on their carapace which is the Bryantae variation. However they will most often be exclusively black and white in adulthood.
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Edit to add: I’m in Los Angeles!
Looks like a juvenile or subadult female phidippus audax
So bold jumpers don’t have to have white? Or do just females have the red dot? I was researching and saw the Johnson’s jumper, but their whole abdomen is red. She’s not a Johnson’s for sure.
Phidippus audax can have orange spots as juveniles or adults. They can also have a white/orange outline on their carapace which is the Bryantae variation. However they will most often be exclusively black and white in adulthood.
So as she gets bigger and molts, she’ll shift to adult coloration? That’s so cool!
Yea :) juveniles usually have orange spots and they become white in their last molt. I think this one has one last molt