Some thoughts on Paraphidippus aurantius, AKA the "Golden" or "Emerald Jumping Spider"
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Further reading:
Bugguide page for Paraphidippus:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/12411
Mate-guarding courtship behaviour: tactics in a changing world
Damian O. Elias, Senthurran Sivalinghem, Andrew C. Mason, Maydianne C. B. Andrade, Michael M. Kasumovic :
https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/labs/andrade/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/08/Eliasetal2014.pdf
The jumping spider mouth (Araneae: Salticidae)
David Edwin Hill:
https://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_97.1.pdf
my paraphidippus observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=84495&user_id=tshahan&verifiable=any
