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Jumping Spider (juvenile)

Cosmophasis sp.

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Field Notes

Description:

Small jumping spider to 3-4 mm long. Abdominal pattern is similar to Cosmophasis micarioides but the head does not have the coloured iridescent blue/brown bands. Beautiful iridescence on the head of this specimen (blue, yellow, pink) and blue bands on the legs.

Habitat:

Seen on Ageratum on edge of forest at James Cook University, Cairns QLD

Notes:

Robert Whyte (www.arachne.org.au) has suggested that it is a juvenile and as such hard to ID to species.

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