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Jumping Spider

Cosmophasis umbratica

Photo by Gary Leong
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A spider wondering at the beach of Langkawi Island

Habitat:

Beach

Species ID Suggestions

Jumping Spider

Cosmophasis umbratica

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ChunXingWong
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Comments (6)
ChunXingWong
This is a Cosmophasis umbratica Simon, it looks like the one from the link - Heliophanus cupreus, because they share the same subfamily - Heliophaninae. This one is a female, males look a bit different.
Steffi
It looks a bit like this one, actually: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6679260
Steffi
What a cool little jumping spider!

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PublishedJuly 4, 2011

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