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Published: 2008-03-25 03:23:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 341; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 0
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Description
*I'm doing a series of pictures for Spring. This will include plants and animals alike! Happy Spring!*The scientific name for this species is Phidippus johnsoni, or the Red-Back Jumping Spider. This is a female that I spotted next door (yes, our neighbours window) and I decided to take some pictures of her.
...I have no fear!
More species info: [link]
I was lucky enough to go to the book store and look up what species she is.
Enjoy!
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Comments: 39
AH! you touched it!! O_O but..its soo...pretty..
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Ooh I get my hands in all sorts of stuff. 
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I think you may have a jumping Johnson (Phidippus johnsoni), but your female seems to have less yellow than the ones I have..
Love this shot. I'll fave.
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Thanks! I do have the species info on the description part.
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*cries
it's so scary but it's a really cool looking spider!
I've never seen one like this!
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I'm just scared of them because they chase me with their fangs!!!
She is very very pretty to look at
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I know, isn't she? Good sized too!
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yeah good sized too Foxy ^^
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Yeah! And here I thought I was the only one who thought that.
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Foxy i add you
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Thank you! And by guy, you mean gal, then thank you again! 
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sorry i didn't know that you're a female
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'Tis okay.
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awsome stuff, wish we had some of them, we only get the tiny jumping spiders they are black and white striped ones... wolf spiders maybe? we find them on walls trying to camoflage but we can see them hehe
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Aww cute! I've never seem them kind before. 
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yes youre right jumping zebra spiders 
yeh we get wolf spiders they are cool but they look like they have a nasty bite to them lol
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I just googled it and they're so cute!! 
Wolf spiders do make me nervous! It's the sheer size of them that makes me uncomfortable.
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omg so cute! you are lucky all the spiders here are gone T_T
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Really? You should be seeing some Black Widows now since Summer's rolling up! But I don't advise you to handle them like a jumping spider!
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lol i used to when i bred them.
you know my tarantula tourretts? i just recently found out he's a guy and is dying T_T the pet store lied to me saying he was a female and i took him into exotic pets to check him out and thats when i foudn out. he only had liek 2 months left to live so he's going to be dyign around m b-day T_T
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Oh I'm so sorry to hear that! 
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he's 5 we think or 6, thats why i wanted a female because i knew they didnt live as long T_T
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lol don says my spider is probably gay now lol hes so confused XD they live up to 20 years generally
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I would have assumed it was a redback and killed it on sight. My bad!
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Ooh I know about your redbacks! They're like out black widows...I don't handle them, but I don't kill them on sight.
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I gotta say honestly that I just kill them. I normally respect wildlife but you gotta understand they are like a pest over here. Especially when it is hot and dry. They get into the house heaps. My ex picked one out of her stockings as she was about to put them on once. (That coulda hurt!) Given their numbers, it's a bit like killing ants in the kitchen.
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Wow, are there really that many? You usually find widows during the hot summer, they like your garage. I can spot their webs (I've never had a fear of spiders, even as a child! There must be something wrong with me! 
But I don't like them in my house. That's where I draw the line. I just scoop them up in a cup with a piece of paper and send them out! Tell me, do you have the brown recluse or fiddle-back spiders? THOSE unnerve me!
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Pretty much all I get is redbacks, huntsmen and daddy long legs.
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We have daddies here by the thousands! I have three in my bathroom that take care of the flying pests.
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Kinda cute, too bad she's a spider! But she looks all soft, almost like a beanie toy
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Hehehe I have no fear when it comes to spiders.
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Hehehe I don't mind that! I can spot a jumping spider from dozens of feet! Very docile.
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