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Elegant Golden Jumper

Chrysilla Lauta

Photo by Raiyan Ahmed
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Field Notes

Description:

Size: 5mm. Probably not a fully matured one. Very colorful Sp. Found on a roadside bush.

Habitat:

Tropical forest and shrubs.

Notes:

Spotted this one for probably the fourth time.
Notes from wikipedia:
The male is very slender. Its carapace is orange-red, with a narrow bluish-white, iridescent transverse stripe between the eyes. The robust chelicerae do not point forward. The long scutum of the opisthosoma is dark brown and covered with dense, bronze-colored hairs. The long legs are brownish-yellow, with the first pair, and the last segments of the others brown.

Reference Links:

Chrysilla lauta, Chrysilla lauta - color phot

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Comments (61)
D'eepak
i hav got one .......... I'm from india
PhilipChen
smallest thing in fact have the greatest fascination~
Raiyan Ahmed
Thanks indeed!! This guy indeed was a cool one.. :-)
animaisfotos
The series is superb. The last shot is a winner. Had no idea that they could be that colorful. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
VivBraznell
I'm hooked on jumping spiders! Think I may have a spotting of my own from this morning, could be blurred though : (
Raiyan Ahmed
Thank you indeed for the honor and appreciation! It feels gr8!! I've been very busy lately with some projects and couldn't login regularly.. :-( In the meanwhile, I've taken some more photographs of a few different salticidaes that I haven't seen before.. Hope to post them in here soon.. Thanks once again everyone!!
Atul
Lovely !!Congrats
aldrin
Congrats on the spotting of the day!...
Noe and Pili
Congrats for your spotting of the day, spider-man! Watching this photos everybody can realize that the smallest things can be the greatest at the same time
Mark Ridgway
Truly fantastic colours.. and great photos too.
ambientidm
the most amazing colors of any spider perhaps?
NicoleLook
What a beautiful creature. Great pictures! And congrats on spotting of the day!
peter
Spotting of the Day! "The Elegant golden jumping spider uses its colorful iridescence to attract females." http://facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/250869801633902 http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/140207131243724801
LisaPowers
Stunning photo of a stunning creature!
Raiyan Ahmed
As per wiki and obviously studies by the experts, tropical areas (forests) harbor the most species of jumping spiders. This is the largest family of spiders and as far as I know, one sp. is found even on a freezing cold Himalayan cave. Australia also boasts a large number of varieties and the American species are generally robust. You can find at least something everywhwere in this world. The study on these has been really limited though in our part. It doesn't get updated regularly and refs about the ID are really hard to find.. :-(
AlexanderStein
Thanks for following me! I love these spiders of yours! This one is especially impressive!
The MnMs
Wow..there are so many species of this type of spider in your area! :-)
Raiyan Ahmed
Thanks for the appreciation everyone!! It truly was one beautiful jumper. I have photographed this sp a few times before but the light wasn't that good unfortunately. This time around I got a better opportunity to take some photos with a bit better light.. :-)

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PublishedOctober 11, 2011

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