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Jumping Spider

Ocrisiona leucocomis

Description:

1.5cm. It looks long for a salticid. It flattens itself to hide. Very quick and nervous spider that will jump long distances if disturbed and then settle back into a flattened hiding position

Habitat:

see references. THis one was on the tiles of my apartment and hides in cracks in the bricks

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2 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

Thanks Chun.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

This is a great contribution to Project Noah.
This is currently the only spotting of Ocrisiona leucocomis in PN.

StephenSolomons
Spotted by
StephenSolomons

2261, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Jan 13, 2013
Submitted on Jan 13, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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