salticidae

spiders. jumping spiders.

[jumpingspiders]

My Menemerus Semilimbatus

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Australia’s largest Salticid, the Northern Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) with a moth for breakfast. This one is a female, and was around as large as they get, ~12mm or so. (at Tondoon Botanic Gardens)

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[jumpingspiders]

My jumping spider just died, but left behind a damaged egg sac. The spiderlings are hatching and I have no experience with baby spiders. What should I feed them that would be easy for them to eat while they are so small?

I’m sorry, I am just a fan of jumping spiders and not a caretaker! I wish you the best of luck, and I’ll reblog this to my main so maybe someone with caretaking knowledge will see it.

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Blue and gold Salticidae by Jean and Fred on Flickr

[chrispullphotography]

Escaping the heat

Although jumping spiders are ordinarily sun seekers, this female has had enough of the sun for one day, and takes refuge in a rolled up leaf. 

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Vida Van Der Walt

[realmonstrosities]

What..?

[macrodan]

Well, I pretty much found the cutest jumping spider ever.

[libutron]

Regal Jumper - Phidippus regius | ©Patrick Zephyr   (Florida, US)

Phidippus regius (Salticidae) is aptly named in terms of its size (Regal jumping spider), as it is the largest jumping spider in eastern North America (adult males average 12 mm in length). The species is found in the southeastern US, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas, but is most common in peninsular Florida. 

One of the striking features of this species you can see in the photo is the iridescent color (green-blue-violet) of the paired chelicerae. 

Jumping spiders can be recognized easily by their eye arrangement. The eyes are arranged in three rows: the 1st row contains four eyes, the two large median eyes and two smaller lateral eyes; the 2nd row contains two tiny eyes; and the 3rd row contains two small eyes (in the picture you can only see the first row of four eyes).

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It’s jumping spider season.  Nearly all of the ones I see are light brown or gray, and tiny.  But flashier spiders pop up occasionally.  The second to last spider has a coppery color to its abdomen, and the last one is the fanciest kind I’ve seen around here. 

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[macrodan]

Found this little jumping spider in my kitchen.

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[queenhedorah-deactivated2017050]

precious child fascinated with the glitter in my nail polish

[jumpingspiders]

Ants and Peckhamia mimics, Dominican Republic

Photos by Wayne Maddison

[adorablespiders]

This is Bean. She is a Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius). I’ve had her since she was very wee. She amazes me every single day with her quirkiness and curiosity. I happen to think she’s the cutest spider on the planet… but I’m a tad biased. I can’t stop taking photos of her though… that face!!!

AS: SO CUTE!

submitted by jennrosefx