Jumping
Spider (four photos)
Phidippus octopunctatus

Handsome Phidippus octopunctatus on
Antelope
Island, Davis County, Utah. © Carol Davis 7-6-2010

Antelope Island, UT © Carol Davis
7-1-2018

Also found on Antelope Island. They are hard to
find - skittish little devils. © Carol Davis 7-22-2010

Phidippus octopunctatus
is an interesting spider that's found throughout the Great
Basin desert. According to one page I read, this
spider builds a prominent nest
in a bush to hold its egg sac. This third picture
now makes me a little curious.
I don't know if the spider was alive or dead, but it wasn't
moving and it was
actually hanging upside-down (just flip this photo). ©
Carol Davis, 7-23-2009
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