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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