jumping spider

I5 imm.

This male had escaped and was found outside with a wound on his head- i think he tried to court an audax or johnsoni and got nipped on the head. She's absolutely bursting with eggs!

Mature female This specimen far more greatly resembles johnsoni- identification was made easy by having these specimen as an immature.

Mature female The name 'ardens' is a reference to these spiders resembling a burning cinder with ash or soot. They are similar to johnsoni but unrelated and are closer to apacheanus, females often have striking high-contrast patterning.

Mature males are beautiful and high-contrast with yellow/orange/red coloration- somewhat like a mix of clarus and audax

Really friendly guy just wants to examine everything.

instar 3 nymph

A nice bright female

This form seems to be the rarest. Whilst they all can commonly be orange like this as slings, adults retaining this pattern are much less common

One of my favorite morphs.

A beautiful morph of Johnsoni with white cardiac markings and large white anterior stripe on the abdomen. i grabbed 8 of 'em- i would like to cross these guys with other johnsoni morphs.

2nd instar nymphs resemble other purpuratus group species', but have a white/cream medial stripe on the abdomen, making them very easy to identify.

The 'Burning Jumper' A beautiful species related to nikites and apacheanus- some females have an amazing and unique 'firebird' marking on their abdomen as adults. Can be confused with johnsoni though abdominal markings differ.

This, alongside the dirty-blonde form are more common, with the latter being the most abundant

Front view

A really nice female adult.

Apacheanus is well-known for being highly variable in patterning. This is the less-common red form.

Some specimens are a beautiful snowy-white, others are yellow.

Macro

Lookin' like a golden brown buttered slice of toast.