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Telamonia masinloc
Salticidae; Salticinae; Telamonia; T. masinloc Barrion & Litsinger, 1995. My recent spotting of this species https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43... dealt with a female and it was my intention to check through some of my pictures and notes to find some photos of a male, but I had not yet got around to doing that when this one suddenly presented itself this afternoon in my backyard. I could see that It was doing something, as I peered through the viewfinder of my camera, but I was unable to discern exactly what. It was only when I looked at the photos on my computer screen that I knew what I had pictured. This spider looked so clean, prim and proper because it had just moulted and was in the throws of eating its exuvia when I saw it .
This Telamonia masinloc, as I mentioned in my previous spotting, is my favourite spider, by far. So I was delighted to see this one in our back yard on a young Great Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis) in a plant pot.
The spider was climbing from leaf to leaf and even onto the bamboo support. When I tried to make it stop so that I could have a moment to take some pictures, it even jumped onto my hand. What a wonderful creature. Plant Identity - http://www.stuartxchange.org/Bogambilya
Spotted on Jul 16, 2022
Submitted on Jul 16, 2022
4 Comments
To: Mark Ridgway
Good evening Mark, thank you for the comment. Yes, the face is really amazing. I always try to get a straight-on "mug shot" when I am taking photos of jumping spiders and most of the time, they cooperate. Have you changed your account picture or are my eyes getting even worse? John B.
Wonderful 'face'
To: thewndrr
Thank you for your comment about jumping spiders. I think you are absolutely right. The moment that I first saw a jumping spider, I just knew that I was experiencing something special. I started telling myself not to be so foolish, its just those big eyes that look so cute that are making my imagination run wild. But as time passed and I saw more and more of them, I became completely convinced that they have some very special qualities that differentiate them from other spiders. I am not sure what these qualities are, but it is undeniable that they are very special. Happy Spotting. John B.
Jumping spiders are among the most intelligent insects, I have several times experienced that they are both curious and analytic. They seem to be just as intelligent as small rodents, according to some nature documentaries that I have watched previously.