Spider at the range

Was at the shooting range this weekend and found this cool spider crawling around. Picked it up with a target and took it somewhere with less traffic. I couldn't help but take a picture of it, It had the most beautiful colors! I have never seen one like this before, anyone know what its called? I am no spider expert but something about the way it looks screams "I am dangerous" ?????

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We sure dont get stuff like that in Canada! Its awesome tho. Sorry I can't help you with a type.

I need to know where your from, there could be several different species, but to pinpoint an exact one, a location is a must.

This spider reminds me of a link from my Facebook page. Maybe you'll like to look at it. It's from a spider forum, pages and pages of jumping spider pictures.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/show...ticidae-photos

Gale

Looks like a Jumping Spider to me....

Sorry peeps for some reason I though my location was on my avatar section. I am in Miami Florida.

Angellady2: It does resemble the one you linked but the only difference I can see is the color and the furriness.

How many pages did you look at ?

I wasted about 2 hours looking at them all. :P I had no idea little bitty jumping spiders came in so many different colors and patterns.

Gale

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How many pages did you look at ?

I wasted about 2 hours looking at them all. :P I had no idea little bitty jumping spiders came in so many different colors and patterns.

Gale

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Woops I didnt notice there was more than 1 page, lol. Ill check it out again.

Looks like you've got yourself a Phidippus Regius, AKA Regal Jumping Spider. At first I thought it was a "Red Johnson Jumper/Phidippus Johnsoni" but the pattern did not match--those spiders are typically black on the back of their head, and your beautiful spider has red on her head! It appears that you have a female of the "orange" color variety. They're gorgeous, aren't they? The brighter colors are also very common in Florida.
Jumping spiders are tricky to find. They're my favorite spider and sometimes I can't find -any- on a perfect day when I know they are out! They're fast, small, and blend in really well.
I don't know how much you know about jumpers but they are NOT dangerous to people. In fact, most will "play" with you--put out your hand and see if your spider crawls on it! They're jumpers, so they will probably get excited and jump off your hand. They spin a drag thread before they jump in case they miss, and that way can pull themselves back up without injury. They're fun to play "hand over hand" with :)
Typically they don't bite, unless handled roughly, squeezed, half smushed or if they feel trapped/in danger. The bite would hurt pretty good and swell a little but no worse than a bee sting, and you'd be fine.
Spiders can have incredible colors without being dangerous to people. As they're so small they're really only adapted to be dangerous to bugs. :) We're nearly always fine after a spider tussle.
Congrats on a gorgeous find. :)

Oh, forgot to include a link with some info for you:
www.spiders.us is a fantastic ID site I frequent. They can give you an ID of your spider that will be pretty darn accurate, and for free! :D Plus there's awesome people over there. Take a look and post your photos if you like.
Here's a site with some info on Regal jumpers:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/...ing_spider.htm

Jumping spider!! I love these guys! They're so cute, alert and smart!

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Looks like you've got yourself a Phidippus Regius, AKA Regal Jumping Spider. At first I thought it was a "Red Johnson Jumper/Phidippus Johnsoni" but the pattern did not match--those spiders are typically black on the back of their head, and your beautiful spider has red on her head! It appears that you have a female of the "orange" color variety. They're gorgeous, aren't they? The brighter colors are also very common in Florida.
Jumping spiders are tricky to find. They're my favorite spider and sometimes I can't find -any- on a perfect day when I know they are out! They're fast, small, and blend in really well.
I don't know how much you know about jumpers but they are NOT dangerous to people. In fact, most will "play" with you--put out your hand and see if your spider crawls on it! They're jumpers, so they will probably get excited and jump off your hand. They spin a drag thread before they jump in case they miss, and that way can pull themselves back up without injury. They're fun to play "hand over hand" with :)
Typically they don't bite, unless handled roughly, squeezed, half smushed or if they feel trapped/in danger. The bite would hurt pretty good and swell a little but no worse than a bee sting, and you'd be fine.
Spiders can have incredible colors without being dangerous to people. As they're so small they're really only adapted to be dangerous to bugs. :) We're nearly always fine after a spider tussle.
Congrats on a gorgeous find. :)

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Dang! I should have read the whole thread, I was looking to see if I could find it, but you already did :) A google image search for 'orange florida jumping spider' comes up with a photo that looks just like this little guy, and is labeled 'Regal Jumping Spider' :)

A couple more things that I can add to this discussion:

1) All jumping spiders belong to the salticid familiy (salticidae).

2) Something else that I learned about jumping spiders in my "Biology of Spiders" class at the University of Kansas is that they have the best visual acuity of any spider out there. Depending on the size of the spider they can see up to a foot away with the same type of image clarity as humans. They are also the only species that can move their eyes to look at something, though it is only their main pair of eyes that can do this (the priciple eyes, which are the anterior median, or the lower middle pair).

Beautiful shots!

Missed these replies, thanks for the info everyone!

Gotta love those jumpers, great find! They're very entertaining to just sit and watch, excellent hunters too!
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100E0976.jpg

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Gotta love those jumpers, great find! They're very entertaining to just sit and watch, excellent hunters too!
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100E0976.jpg

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This is a great picture!

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Gotta love those jumpers, great find! They're very entertaining to just sit and watch, excellent hunters too!
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/100E0976.jpg

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Wow that is a great picture!

I was surprised she was able to handle such a large katydid but was soon reminded how awesome jumpers are when she started strutting around on my door with the thing dangling down from her fangs like it was nothing!

That is very cool, nature at it's best.