jumping spider

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Photo by Scott Frazier

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

Salticidae (jumping spiders) "contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider

Habitat:

Large semi-urban yard/garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

Notes:

I find jumping spiders much calmer on my hand than on the vegetation where I first spot them.

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Comments (7)

Scott Frazier

Thanks alampietti13. Not really brave...

SandyAyers

You can hold all the spiders you want!!!! Me on the other hand.....no thanks!!!!! They seem to like me but the feeling is not mutal!!!!

Scott Frazier

Thanks all! I don't catch them. Often they will just jump on me if I offer my hand. I would not do this for all spiders...I happen to know these guys (jumping spiders) don't bite (me :).

Aman

How do you decide which one's aren't poisonous and can be touched?

AnnvanWijgerden

Great photos! Hey, does that mean I should h-h-hold the next Jumping Spider I want to photograph?? :-}

Nicholas4

clean and crisp shot. Nice!

Matthijs

Very curious creature.. he / she looks right up into your camara. ;-)