A Visit from Fur Face

May 17, 2023

 

(a "Flickr Friday" submission, theme "Fur")

 

This is a "bold jumping spider" or "daring jumping spider" (Phidippus audax) (male, I think). It's a big black fur-covered spider with bright metallic green iridescent chelicerae. Like all jumping spiders, he sports endearingly big, dark, teddy bear eyes, giving him a "cuteness" factor far above all others of his 8-legged kind.

 

This one was hanging out on the ceiling near all the seedlings in the kitchen. In this shot, he is defending himself "boldly" against me as he stands on my notebook. I relocated him to the big lemon tree plant to see if he'd eat some of the tiny flies that have started showing up in its soil. He just sprang away.

 

EXPLORED: May 18, 2023

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Brewster, Massachusetts

Cape Cod - USA

 

Photo by brucetopher

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