Spider ID please

Had a tough time chasing down this spider and would like to know what kind it is. Funny enough that it was watching my every move, if I stepped right or left, it turned to face me. C&C welcome.

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some kind of hopper

Nice captures! It's a jumping spider.

yeah it's a nice jumping spider ,yeah he was sizeing you up to eat

Thanks for the comments.

A jumping spider huh...well now that narrows my search to what...a few hundered .
Hopefully someone will know specifically...I really love the bright orange. Courierman, the spider really was sizing me up.

Having a quick look on the net it seems you've captured a Phidippus apacheanus an Apache jumping spider. Nice looking spider.

Lovely shots
ID possibly http://kaweahoaks.com …i_phidippus_joh​nsoni.html or closely related species.

Brian V

Yep, tis a jumping spider, lovely looking one as well. I think Brian has nailed the ID I note on that link it says that they can cause a painful bite, I seriously doubt it.

Dave

Watch out he might jump on you. Lovely shots well done.

Thanks to Alby and Brian for the help on this ID, but I think Alby won his round. Brian your link showed me the spiders of Kaweah River Delta Region which is no where near me (I am in South Texas). A quick google search of 'Phidippus apacheanus' brought up this website: http://bugguide.net/no​de/view/27092/bgpage
This species is the closest relation due to the entire back of the spider being orange and where its found...near Texas so far in Oklahoma under 'Data' tab. Maybe I'll submit these shots to get them confirmation of the spider in Texas.

dpastern wrote in post #3542814
Yep, tis a jumping spider, lovely looking one as well. I think Brian has nailed the ID I note on that link it says that they can cause a painful bite, I seriously doubt it.

Dave

Thanks for the comments. Also, I don't think I will try to find out if the bite is painful or not.

skylab wrote in post #3542955
Watch out he might jump on you. Lovely shots well done.

Thank you. When I was taking the pictures, I really thought the spider would jump on me. It actually would also raise its two front legs when I would move towards it.

3Turner wrote in post #3543084
Thanks to Alby and Brian for the help on this ID, but I think Alby won his round. Brian your link showed me the spiders of Kaweah River Delta Region which is no where near me (I am in South Texas). A quick google search of 'Phidippus apacheanus' brought up this website: http://bugguide.net/no​de/view/27092/bgpage
This species is the closest relation due to the entire back of the spider being orange and where its found...near Texas so far in Oklahoma under 'Data' tab. Maybe I'll submit these shots to get them confirmation of the spider in Texas.

This is the site I found. http://spiders.entomol​ogy.wisc.edu …pus_apacheanus/​index.html

Hope this helps.

Attic wrote in post #3543156
This is the site I found. http://spiders.entomol​ogy.wisc.edu …pus_apacheanus/​index.html

Hope this helps.

yep that looks like what I found. But Wisconsin, wow, they go that far up north? Thanks for the help.

This reminded me of one of my shots, but I believe mine is a wasp. Could be cousins...

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Looks like what we used call a Cow Killer in South Carolina, big furry ant that likes to eat carrion as I remember...