Phidippus audax is my best ID guess presently after consulting some online guides, but if anyone has a correction please let me know. Photographed in central NY state (USA).Blogged about here: davehuth.com/blog/?p=1371
Phidippus audax is my best ID guess presently after consulting some online guides, but if anyone has a correction please let me know. Photographed in central NY state (USA).Blogged about here: davehuth.com/blog/?p=1371
Phidippus audax is my best ID guess presently after consulting some online guides, but if anyone has a correction please let me know. Photographed in central NY state (USA).Blogged about here: davehuth.com/blog/?p=1371
Phidippus audax is my best ID guess presently after consulting some online guides, but if anyone has a correction please let me know. Photographed in central NY state (USA).Blogged about here: davehuth.com/blog/?p=1371
Phidippus audax is my best ID guess presently after consulting some online guides, but if anyone has a correction please let me know. Photographed in central NY state (USA).Blogged about here: davehuth.com/blog/?p=1371
I was taking down the curtains in the basement for washing when I found this on the back of it. She was rather upset with me for the disturbance. So I carefully put the curtains back up instead of into the washer. *LOL* Here's a more close-up shot of her.The opening of the web was at its bottom and it looked to have egg sacs or something in it further up. The spider was hanging upside down guarding the entrance. There also was a small spider nearby that looked very similar to the one in the web - a male maybe? I didn't manage to get a good clear shot of it. Wikipedia says of jumping spiders that they "also use their silk to weave small tent-like dwellings where females can protect their eggs, and which also serve as a shelter while moulting." I'm guessing this was her nursery then and no wonder she was so upset about me messing around with the curtains!