#phidippus putnami

[spiderdungeons]

Topsy’s Trick 🎪🕷️

[northerlyy]

Putnam's Jumping Spider (Phidippus putnami), juvenile, taken May 1, 2026, in Georgia, US

A teenage putnam's jumping spider showing off her adult Hentzia mitrata prey! In the jumping spider world, any jumper smaller than themselves is fair game, and so this adult male was on the menu. I very frequently see jumpers eating other jumpers, but I've only seen them truly cannibalize on one occasion, so it seems they tend to avoid their own species. Being extremely common here, H. mitrata and magnolia green jumpers usually get the short end of the stick. When one gets its turn of being the predator, however, the other is usually the prey!

[inatarachnids]

Putnam's Jumping Spider (Phidippus putnami)

Observed by lisammayo, CC BY-NC

[chickenwhittle]

a very beautiful putnam's jumping spider i met in the garden! he was so friendly and curious!

💛 NO HATEFUL COMMENTS THIS IS A POSITIVE SPIDER POST 💛

[dionysusdraws]

pregnant Putnami mama is back! Edit: turns out she was just a very round boi 😅 so I will be kidnapping him and taking good care of him

she had me worried when she disappeared for about 2 weeks but I saw her back on the fence where she usually is this morning :)

[wedontneedfeatherstofly]

Phidippus putnami ♂

[celestialmacros]

Speck of a spider on a peony bud

Putnam's Jumping Spider (Phidippus putnami)

May 18, 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[wormy-business]

Everybody look at my spider

(P. Putnami, mature female, around 8 months old)