Arizona Jumping Spider

A Phidippus jumping spider described by the Peckhams in 1883, probably named for the old Arizona Territory: there are no confirmed records of it in the state of Arizona itself. Adult females vary a lot, mixing black, white, brown, red and orange; adult males are slate blue to black, sometimes with a metallic sheen, with big pale fuzzy front legs. Keep it like other Phidippus: an enclosure taller than it is wide, with branches and foliage to climb and build a retreat in, and the door or vents placed so the silk nest at the top isn't disturbed. Juveniles take D. hydei fruit flies; larger spiders take house flies.