Phidippus Audax...This guy, also known as the bold jumping spider, is very common in North America. Jumping spiders are extremely diverse and numerous. There is an estimated 5,000 species of Salticids in the world! The main feature that sets them apart from other spiders is their eyes. They have eight eyes in all, but the front row of four are enlarged and powerful giving them stereoscopic vision. If you find a jumping spider it will often turn and look directly at you. They see us, and quite well