species 24,906 observations

Golden Jumping Spider

Paraphidippus aurantius

Field notes

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider, commonly known as the emerald jumping spider or golden jumping spider. P. aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider. It is green or black with white side stripes on each side of its head and a white border around the top of the abdomen. It also has a midline of hairs down its center with small white dots and lines on either side.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided