| Phidippus borealis at Race Rocks, March 11, 2010. |
| This is our first photo of this spider , taken by Ryan Murphy |
“The spider I noticed from about 20m away! It’s about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long and the bright orange pattern with white spots was really shocking. It’s made a funnel web in the rocks near the house, a really interesting structure of woven grass.” RM
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Sub-order Araneomorphae
Family Salticidae
Subfamily Dendryphantinae
Genus Phidippus
Species borealis
Common Name: Red-backed Jumping spide
| Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks |
 Return to the Race Rocks Taxonomyand Image File |
 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.
Ryan Murphy(PC) |