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Jumping Spider - Phidippus otiosus Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Dendryphantinae (Phidippus) » Phidippus otiosus Live adult female jumping spider photographed at Cumberland County North Carolina. Please select a thumbnail for larger image. |
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| This female spider is busy hiding in her retreat web; jumping spiders do not build webs for snaring prey, they hunt much as do cats. Jumping spiders in the genus Phidippus are well known for their bright iridescent green chelicerae (jaws with fangs), but this is the first time I've actually seen red fangs. | ||||
 The fangs are the red pointed objects (used to inject venom). |
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