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Green jumping spider - female

Mopsus mormon

Description:

An intricately patterned spider with bright black eyes and tiara for eybrows. Maybe this mask is to give the prey a fighting chance?

Habitat:

On a large Ixora

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10 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thankyou Sergio
Thankyou Aaron

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 10 years ago

Great find, Martin.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Lovely.

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Here is the male of this species
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/110...
Thanks for all your faves

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Green Jumping spider, Mopsus mormon, female

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thank you Rubio
thank you tomato
Thank you Lauren
Thank you Luis
I saw several of these in my visit to Cairns.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Great shot!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Love his little mask!

tomato.glasgow
tomato.glasgow 10 years ago

Some kind of jumping spider

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Very pretty spotting!

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Nov 27, 2013
Submitted on Nov 30, 2013

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