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Phidippus octopunctatus
(jumping spider, Salticidae) feeding on a grasshopper.
This spider was found close to her retreat feeding on a
grasshopper. The second grasshopper head, lower right, is a male that is
still attached to the dead female.
Phidippus octopunctatus is our largest jumping spider,
which mates and moves up into bushes in late summer to build enormous
retreats loaded with numerous eggsacs and feed on grasshoppers and other
insects that become abundant after the monsoons. |
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Flower spiders simply open their arms
(legs) and expect something to run into them. This works well when they're
on flowers visited by hordes of insects but what about the rest of the
season, when they're in dry desert scrub with few insects.
This spider was shot on a lone daisy in a dry wash near
Stanton, Arizona. |
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