Bold

We were doing some yard work this afternoon, when Eric noticed a very dark spider.  I was excited to see that it was a jumping spider with iridescent green chelicera.  Here it is after launching onto Eric's hand (!):

 

Meet the Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax).  "Bold" is an appropriate name for this species — it was very active and an incredible jumper, covering distances many times its own body length.

Here's a close-up:

 

As you can see, this spider is predominantly black, but there are silvery bands on the legs and white markings on the abdomen:

 

It was fun to meet this spider during an afternoon of chores.