These are certainly a set of interesting photos.
Your 2nd pic. looks like A. phidippus, though I am never quite happy if the head of the HW inner band is rounded.
Typical phidippus has the margins of the band extend widely to the upper(costal) margin. ie. wihtout rounding into an upper head.
The pix in the blog.
I. This is a female & looks lke A. phidippus, again with a rounded head.
The upperside markings are very sharply contrasted & clear, which is not the case for typical phidippus female.
So, there is a suggestion it could be A. friderici female, but I would leave it as phidippus.
Typical female phidippus. (markings should be much yellower.)
2.The 2nd with the detached head on the inner pale band is a male. (Correction: could be female, but orange colour suggest male.)
The upperside shows a more extensive dark orange apical area than the male of phidippus.
It does match the upperside of A. perakana, but note the male of the typical form of friderici also has dark orange.
It could be A. perakana, but could it also be A. friderici with the inner band's head detached?
A. phidippus male showing the poor apical markings.
TL Seow
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