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Phidippus cardinalis
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Phidippus cardinalis

Phidippus cardinalis is a species of jumping spider. It is commonly called cardinal jumper. It is one of the species of jumping spiders which are mimics of mutillid wasps in the genus Dasymutilla (commonly known as "velvet ants"); several species of these wasps are similar in size and coloration to the spiders, and possess a very painful sting....

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8 branches of this group, most-observed first

Brilliant Jumping Spider

speciesPhidippus clarus

Cardinal Jumping Spider

speciesPhidippus cardinalis

Phidippus maddisoni

speciesPhidippus maddisoni

Phidippus tux

speciesPhidippus tux

Phidippus albulatus

speciesPhidippus albulatus

Phidippus cerberus

speciesPhidippus cerberus

Phidippus mimicus

speciesPhidippus mimicus

Phidippus venus

speciesPhidippus venus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1362556.