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Jumping spider
Salticidae
13.7708, 100.623
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 some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Though they normally move quietly and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes with very large anterior median eyes.
Habitat:
Jumping spiders live in a variety of habitats. Tropical forests harbor the most species, but they are also found in temperate forests, scrub lands, deserts, intertidal zones, and even mountains. Euophrys omnisuperstes is a species reported to have been collected at the highest elevation, on the slopes of Mount Everest.
Notes:
I found this spider at home.It is on the chair in the kitchen. This spider was very small.
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