Female Jumping Spider - Phidippus regius - Florida

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Click here for a larger view as flickr tends to over-sharpen these smaller thumbnails! This apparently tipsy female Phidippus regius female (found by a helpful Guillaume Dury) was more than willing to pose for photos from several attendees at the 2012 Bugshot workshop. Given that one of my ultimate goals while in Florida was to find this exact species - I'm grateful that I finally got a chance to photograph one of North America's largest and most beautiful Phidippus species! The image above…

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