Monday, October 20, 2025

Black and red

We're two thirds through the month of Arachtober. (The month when a bunch of spider lovers post our arachnid — spiders and their kin — photos to the Flickr Arachtober group pool. ) Which I've barely mentioned here this year, I'm not sure why. And though I've posted several of the Arachtober spiders here, I've somehow missed this one. I posted her photo to the Arachtober pool the second of October, and then again, two more photos today, for Arachtober Day 20.

Here she is, on the outside of my window, giving me a good view of her underside. Posted October 2.

And here, a few minutes later, she's hunting among the cosmos stems.

Showing off her red side markings. Posted tonight, October 19.

She's a jumping spider, Phidippus sp., probably P. johnsonii. The females have red sides to their abdomen, with a black stripe down the centre. Males' abdomens are solid red. I've seen several of her cousins on the wall behind my flowers.

11 more days of Arachtober. Towards the end of the month, it gets sort of wild, with us all posting up to 5 spiders daily, and getting a bit crazy as we head into Hallowe'en. Check us out!

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Ya estamos a dos tercios del mes de Arachtober. (El mes cuando un grupo de amantes de las arañas subimos nuestras fotos de arácnidos — arañas y miembros de su familia — al archivo Flickr Arachtober. Y apenas lo he mencionado aquí este año,  no entiendo porque. Y aunque he subido fotos de algunas de las arañas recientes, se me había pasado esta. Subí su foto a Flickr el segundo de octurbre, y otras dos hoy, para el Dia 20 de Aractober.

  1. En mi ventana, mostrándome una vista ventral. Subí esta foto el 2 de octubre.
  2. Unos minutos más tarde, anda cazando entre los tallos del cosmos.
  3. Aquí muestra los diseños rojos en el abdomen. Subí esta foto hoy.
Es una araña saltarín, Phidippus sp., probablemente P. johnsonii. Las hembras tienen diseños rojos a los lados de su abdomen, y una linea negra en el centro. El abdomen del macho es puro rojo. He visto varias de sus primos en la pared atrás de mis flores.

Nos quedan 11 dias todavía de Arachtober. Cerca del fin del mes, se vuelve algo animado, ya que entonces todos estaremos subiendo hasta 5 fotos diarios, y volviéndonos un poco locos al acercarnos al dia de los muertos. ¡Visítanos aquí!

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