Phidippus kastoni Spiderling

Description

Phidippus kastoni is a California jumping spider species. They remind us a lot of Phidippus tyrrelli and others in the “insignarius group,” but they are in the “mystaceus group.”

Currently available as 4th to 5th instar spiderlings, unsexed, at $14.99 each.

The adult female abdomen tends to have a base color of red to orange, with mottled but identifiable patterns consisting of black, which and sometimes gray patternings. Legs tend to be gray with distinctive black stripes.

Adult males tend to have a bright red abdomen and a black cephalothorax, a coloration not uncommon for male jumping spiders. Their legs are black with distinctive white bands that run up and down them.

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