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jumping spider

Description:

Salticidae (jumping spiders) "contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Though they normally move quietly and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes with very large anterior median eyes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spi...

Habitat:

Spotted on Heliconia sp. in large semi-urban yard/garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

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5 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Thanks Karen & Nopayahnah!

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

lovely little spider!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Nice series!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Thanks Satyen!

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Nice series!

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Apr 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012

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