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56 Records
Status
An eastern species found in riparian woodlands and open habitats.
Description
One of very few common spider species in our area that regularly appears bright green (Bradley, 2013).
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A female Emerald Jumper in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A female Emerald Jumper in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2015).
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Richard Orr.
An Emerald Jumper in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/28/2015).
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Ashley Bradford.
An Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/30/2020).
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Jim Moore.
An Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/1/2018).
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Steve Scholnick.
An Emerald Jumper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/4/2014).
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Sue Muller.
An Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2015).
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Steve Scholnick.
An Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/5/2015).
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Steve Scholnick.
Emerald Jumpers in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/23/2016). See photo explanation here: http://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA 144.1.pdf
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Barbara Thurlow.
An Emerald Jumper in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/18/2015). Verified by Laura P./BugGuide.
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Jesse Christopherson.
An Emerald Jumper in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/6/2014).
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Rick Borchelt.
An Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/25/2018). Determined by Jeff Hollenbeck and Chad Heins via BugGuide.
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Wendy R. Fredericks.
Emerald Jumper in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/26/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Emerald Jumper in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/9/2022). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Frode Jacobsen.
A female Emerald Jumper in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/6/2007). Determined by Jay Barnes/BugGuide.
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Thomas Wilson.
An Emerald Jumper in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/21/2014). Determined by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
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Scott Housten.
An Emerald Jumper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/28/2015).
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Emily Stanley.
A male Emerald Jumper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/4/2008). Determined by Jay Barnes/BugGuide.
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Thomas Wilson.
An Emerald Jumper in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/28/2014). Determined by Chad Heins/BugGuide.
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Jesse Christopherson.
An Emerald Jumper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2019). Determined by Steve Scholnick and Chad Heins via BugGuide.
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Sue Muller.
A female Emerald Jumper with prey in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2014). Determined by Chad Heins/Bugguide.
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Scott Housten.
A female Emerald Jumper with prey in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2014). Determined by Chad Heins/Bugguide.
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Scott Housten.
A female Emerald Jumper with prey in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2014). Determined by Chad Heins/Bugguide.
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Scott Housten.
A female Emerald Jumper with prey in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2014). Verified by Chad Heins/Bugguide.
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Source: Wikipedia
Paraphidippus aurantius | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Paraphidippus |
Species: | P. aurantius
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Binomial name | |
Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833)
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Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider.[1] P. aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider. It is green or black with white side stripes on each side of its head and a white border around the top of the abdomen. It also has a midline of hairs down its center with small white dots and lines on either side.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Paraphidippus aurantius occurs from the United States to Panama, and on the Greater Antilles.
References
[edit]- ^ "Paraphidippus aurantius (Emerald Jumping Spider) - Spider Identification & Pictures". spiderid.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Jumping Spider". www.insectidentification.org. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Paraphidippus aurantius at Wikimedia Commons
- Emerald Jumping Spider on a table