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Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]
Phidippus is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). [1] Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae. Phidippus is distributed almost exclusively in North America, with the exception of two exported species (Phidippus audax and Phidippus ...
The visual fields of a jumping spider The eight eyes of a Telamonia dimidiata located near the front Adult male Phidippus audax. Jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes; three secondary pairs that are fixed and a principal pair that is movable. The posterior median eyes are vestigial in many species, but in some primitive subfamilies, they are ...
A portrait of a male Phidippus audax, also known as the daring or bold jumping spider. Here its iridescent chelicerae are visible, as are its large forward-facing eyes, which give it good stereoscopic vision.Photo: Opoterser
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The main pair of eyes in jumping spiders even sees in color. [9] Net-casting spiders of genus Deinopis have their posterior median eyes enlarged into large forward-facing compound lenses. These eyes have a wide field of view and are able to gather available light more efficiently than the eyes of cats and owls.
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