Strange spotted Spider spotted

[Ulu]

I have no clue what this, is but I thought it was pretty impressive.




I was pretty amazed by the green fangs. It certainly looks venomous.

I found this when I was moving some rocks around in my garden.

Normally what we get around here is the western black widow and some very tiny garden spiders.

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

Phidippus audax. Bold jumping-spider. Neat little fellows.

 

[Deadeye]

Agreed - bold jumping spider.
Based on the green fangs, I would say male (purple in females).
Like any spider, they are venomous, but it isn’t dangerous to you at all.
I actually have one as a pet that I collected last September - fun little guy with a great appetite (eats crickets bigger than itself with no problems), and almost always on the move.


I’d be much more worried about the widows you have (though even their danger is wildly exaggerated).

 

[jjohnwm]

"Bold" Jumping Spider? What a vapid name! They are the coolest little critters you will ever meet in your yard; I think my old invertebrate zoology prof's name was far superior: "Audacious Jumping Spider". Now that's a moniker!

They move like little animated killer robots...and are one of the very few invertebrates with which a person can make "eye contact".

 

[hrfd14]

Had this guy living on my back deck

 

[jjohnwm]

Barn Spider, likely Araneus cavaticus. Its beautiful orb webs are way nicer than the critter itself.

 

[jjohnwm]

Here's another jumping spider, no idea the species. We have lots of various jumping spiders up here, mostly very small like this one with a body maybe 1/8-inch long. They're very common, just as alert and active and interesting as the Audacious, but in a smaller package.

Ulu , if you haven't seen P. audax before, I'm thinking you must have similar jumping spiders like this one?

 

[Ulu]

In the hills about, we have 5” brown tarantulas that look similar, but I never see them in town.

So far I’ve only killed one black widow this year. They seem to be getting more rare.

I let the little jumper go in the bushes.

 

[esoxlucius]

We have a species of jumping spider in the UK. A tiny black and white thing. If approached they will turn and face you, looking at you. Then if you get too close they will jump off whatever they are on and "abseil" away on a filament of their silk.

Fascinating little guys. I'm glad they are only tiny because if they were tarantula sized I reckon they could be little menaces.

 

[Sassafras]

Love Bold Jumping Spiders, and Jumping Spiders in general. My wife has a Bold for a pet, named it "Robert the Bold", but given its relatively large size, I'm afraid Robert is a female. Fun to watch them hunt, but don't blink, they are fast! BJS are easy to ID due to the white spots on the abdomen looking like a "face".