 Female "P. californicus" and "P. apacheanus" are unusual in that they perform an acceptance dance just before the male touches them.With forelegs high and wide apart and abdomen bent to the side, the female sways before the male, sometimes with a few steps to one side and then the other.In other Phidippus species, the female rejects the male by extending the first pair of legs whenever he approaches too closely, and merely fails to ward him off when she is ready to accept him.