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Jumping spider

Salticidae

Photo by NeilHarris
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Field Notes

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.

Notes:

Excellent camouflage.

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PublishedMarch 15, 2011

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