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Hyllus (spider)

Hyllus Diardi

Description:

- The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have good vision and use it for hunting and navigating. They are capable of jumping from place to place, secured by a silk tether. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, as they depend on both systems (bimodal breathing).

Habitat:

- Tropical forests harbor the most species, but they are also found in temperate forests, scrub lands, deserts, intertidal zones, and even mountains. Euophrys omnisuperstes is a species reported to have been collected at the highest elevation, on the slopes of Mount Everest.

Notes:

Click the link below for much better quality photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/57454758@N0...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Raiyan Ahmed
Raiyan Ahmed 12 years ago
Female Heavy jumper
Hyllus Diardi Hyllus (spider)


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5 Comments

MhykeSnowflake
MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks carol...appreciate it so much...i like ur photos too...t'was all great...cheers for that...

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

He looks sad and old. WOW! What photos of spiders you have! Amazing! Congrats on all your success!

MhykeSnowflake
MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

thanks raiyan for the info...now i know...coz really don't have enough time to look for an ID of those jumpie's...hehehhe...appreciate it much man...keep shooting....:-)

MhykeSnowflake
MhykeSnowflake 12 years ago

..thanks...

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Wow!

MhykeSnowflake
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MhykeSnowflake

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Aug 5, 2011
Submitted on Sep 13, 2011

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