Jumping Spider (Female)

Thank you so much Lauren :)

Thanks Dave :)

Thank you Phillip . Sumukha and chief :)

Most welcome Sergio, these guys are really interesting and hard to find .

And thanks ChunXingWong and Ashish for the comment.

UPDATE : the portia spiderlings have shed their coat and are ready to go out in the wild ....... The female was nearby still aggressively guarding them .

Thank you guys! @ Ashish these spiders are one of the most intelligent species of spiders in the family Salticidae.They are capable of learning and problem solving, traits normally attributed to much larger animals ( Wikipedia) and as i have said in the notes it takes a defensive position as i go near it.it has been this way for the past 8- 10 days. but today was different ,as i approached to take pics initially it saw me n took the defensive position but later settled down to give me this particular pose.Guess it got used to me.

UPDATE pic uploaded showing newly hatched spiders approx after 13 days these newly hatched spiderlings seen around the female portia.The Female was still guarding the babies and has shrunk a lot , my guess is she hasn't left the eggs from the day she has laid them.

Thank you Satyen!

Thanks Karen and Jolly!

Thanks Ashish!

Thanks Yogesh, shrikalkand Jeanette!