A black and white ink drawing depicts a large, stylized spider with prominent eyes perched on a branch. Below the spider, a group of ants are scattered across the surface of a tree trunk. The overall composition is contained within an oval shape, with hints of foliage in the background. The style is illustrative and detailed, with a focus on linework and shading.

Bagheera kipling has the most herbivorous diet out of any spider, feeding on the Beltian bodies that acacia trees of Central America produce for "their" ants.

Black and white version (it's a work in progress) of an illustration for a @cactusdifuoco.bsky.social book!

#Spider #Salticidae #FnMArt

Male Pseudeuophrys lanigera jumping #spider, or "fleecy jumper", peeping over a sheet of printer paper (viewed side on).

#macro #macrophotography #photography #salticidae #wildlife #UKwidllife #spiders #jumpingspiders #nature #MacroMonday

Hasarius adansoni jumping spider from Okinawa, Japan. #salticidae #jumpingspider #spidersky

Another photo of Habronattus cambridgei from Mexico. What a fantastic spider!

#Habronattus #Salticidae #iNaturalist

•Philaeus chrysops ♀️

#philaeuschrysops #Salticidae #Arachnida #Spider #ParcoAltaMurgia #wildlifephotography
#Afni #Apulia #Italy

I was thrilled to find this Habronattus cambridgei hopping through leaf litter in Mexico.

#Habronattus #Salticidae #iNaturalist

Side view of a black-and-white striped jumping spider sitting on a brick. Its head end is to the left.

Second day of glorious sunshine, and the Jumping Spiders are romping about on the south-facing brick wall of the house. The contrast from two days ago is vast!

#Salticidae

A shard of living gold pauses on a rain-soaked red leaf, polished in black and sunlight. #Veinbug #JumpingSpider #MacroNature #TinyPredator #Salticidae

A shard of living gold pauses on a rain-soaked red leaf,
polished in black and sunlight.

#Veinbug #JumpingSpider #MacroNature #TinyPredator #Salticidae

Thiania sp. jumping spider from Okinawa, Japan.

#salticidae #spidermacro

Left: Phidippus pruinosus, mature female
Right: Phidippus mystaceus, mature female
These two fellas were found on a typical collecting venture in very not so typical circumstances.

#phiddipus #arachnids #Entomology #jumpingspider #salticidae #wildlife
#spiders #arachnids #animal #photography

A young Sicarius gracilis feeding. #salticidae #jumpingspider #bugsky #arachnid #insect #nature #macro
#wildlife #photography #venomous

A brown jumping spider with yellowish pedipalps facing the camera.

A Longleg #Dandy (#Portia cf. schultzi) from #Choma, #Zambia.

#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidersky #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography #spiders

Pretty little jumper from Athens, Greece. Its home base and hunting ground is National Garden right next to the Syntagma square.

Species: Evarcha jucunda.

#salticidae #spidermacro

Capturing tiny jumping spider friend strains the limits of my phone's camera.

#Salticidae #invertebrates #arachnid #photography

It’s Monday, so it’s spider!

Heliophanus kochii, a stunning jumper I found on a public beach in Piraeus, Greece.

#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidermacro #spidersky

A lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design in a dark room with an orange glow.

Adam holding the a lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design

A unlit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design.

A lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design in a dark room with an orange glow from a string of pumpkin lights.

This one is for the Children of Time fans (scale should be about right)! Enjoy this jumping spider (Pancorius sp.) Jack-O'-lantern!! Thanks to @nickybay.bsky.social for the reference image (www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...).

#halloween #jackolantern #arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae

intimidating stare of a female Platycryptus undatus 🙇

#arachtober #jumpingspiders #salticidae

in situ, fuji, laowa 65mm

If you're not annoyed by low-quality video, this clip shows a jumping spider sneaking up on a fly. The leg movement is barely perceptible. #spiders #salticidae #flies

Jumping spider on a leaf

Colorful jumping #spider from Malaysia - haven't seen many as intricate as this one. ID appreciated!

#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity

Fuzzy jumping spider viewed from the front, two large eyes front and center and two smaller out and higher on the head, four spikes black tufts of hair on top of head and long brown or white hair covering face, forelegs, and palps; palps are reddish and forelegs are mostly black.

For the tenth of #arachtober I present Putnam’s jumping spider, Phidippus putnami. (7/2023)

#inverts #macrophotography #salticidae

This is a Jumping Spider (Salticidae) 🕷️
It has big eyes, can jump far, and hunts tiny insects.
Fun fact: it can leap more than 10 times its body length! #JumpingSpider #Salticidae #SpiderFacts #LearnWithNature #MacroPhotography #Veinbug

A close up macro photograph of a Hentzia jumping spider positioned at the edge of a British one pound coin. The spider is facing the camera directly, showing off its characteristic large forward facing eyes in a row across the front of its face. Its body is small and light brown with darker markings, while its front pair of legs are lifted and extended outward, appearing almost as if it is in a stance of curiosity or readiness. The coin beneath is sharply detailed, its gold colored ridged edge contrasting with the silvery patterned interior, which fills the background. The composition highlights both the intricate anatomy of the tiny spider and the striking size difference between it and the currency. The image is crisp and professional, drawing attention to the fine textures of the spider’s hairs, eyes, and the metallic coin surface.

A Hentzia sp jumping spider perched on the edge of a one pound coin. 🪲🪳 #Salticidae #Invert #bugsky 🌿

Macro : araignée sauteuse du genre Cosmophasis vue de face sur une feuille verte; grands yeux brillants, pattes claires; elle tient une mouche aux ailes légèrement irisées entre ses chélicères. Photo prise dans un jardin de Nouméa.

Macro : araignée sauteuse du genre Cosmophasis vue de face sur une feuille verte; grands yeux brillants, pattes claires; elle tient une mouche aux ailes légèrement irisées entre ses chélicères. Photo prise dans un jardin de Nouméa.

Nouméa, au jardin : une araignée sauteuse (Cosmophasis, Salticidae) capture une mouche. Chasse à vue, fil de sécurité, bond éclair; venin juste pour immobiliser la proie. Une alliée du potager.

#Araignée #Cosmophasis #Salticidae #NouvelleCalédonie #Macro

Figure 7. Comparative dorsal views of representative male Cosmophasis (drawings not to scale). 1, C. ambonensis, sp.nov., Ambon. 2, Cosmophasis sp. A, found at Warimak, Waigeo Island, West Papua (Baum 2019) and at Pulau Penem, Fam Islands, Indonesia (Smutný 2020). 3, Cosmophasis sp. B, found on Leilei Island (Sustainable Strategies Network 2018), Halmahera Island (Harris 2019), and Ternate Island (Knowles 2021a) in the Bacan Islands, Indonesia. 4, Cosmophasis sp. C, found at Manokwari, West Papua (Knowles 2021b). 5, C. bitaeniata, Queensland. 6, C. valerieae, Bali. 7, C. bandaneira, sp.nov., Banda Neira.

What a beautiful paper :D

Hurni-Cranston, T. & Hill, D. E. (2021). Three new jumping spiders of the genus Cosmophasis from Wallacea (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini). Peckhamia 228.1: 1-84.

#cosmophasis #salticidae #spiders #biodiversity

lots of jumping spiders!

Moyobamba, Peru

#iNaturalist #salticidae www.inaturalist.org/observations...

A first detailed description of the male and a re-description of the female of the jumping spider species Indopadilla yordon: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#spiders #taxonomy #Salticidae

Generally black jumping spider with a striking red abdomen with a vertical black stripe. The legs have white hairs which for the four front legs range to orange. Also the hairs on the pedipalps are white. Head and cheliceres are dark black. View from front top onto the spider.

Just because I just found this picture and I find them pretty. So lets see who else likes it!

This is a male #Philaeus chrysops, a #jumpingspider. Discovered in #France, #Camargue in Mai 2024.

#salticidae #spidersky #inverts #inat #bugsky

Stout-bodied multicolored jumping spider with an abdominal constriction and elongate spinnerets that resemble the head and thorax of an ant or wasp. It rests on a green leaf surface marked with some silk this individual was spreading the surface.

Stout-bodied multicolored jumping spider staring up and to the left of the viewer exposing ruby-red chelicerae. This species has an abdominal constriction and elongate spinnerets that resemble the head and thorax of an ant or wasp. It rests near the edge of a green leaf surface.

Stout-bodied multicolored jumping spider with an abdominal constriction and elongate spinnerets that resemble the head and thorax of an ant or wasp. It rests on a green leaf surface next to a bright red leaf vein.

Singularly fantastic & uncommon #arachnid. #Orsima ichneumon, the kaleidoscope #ant #mimic #spider #Salticidae, is found in SE Asia. This female was shadowing an ant while patrolling a leaf @ Trus Madi Jungle Girl Entomology Camp. #Sabah #Borneo. It has fewer than 50 records at #iNaturalist

A brown and white spider looks at a small red-brown insect nymph with its large forward-facing primary eyes

A brown and white spider looks at a small red-brown insect nymph with its large forward-facing primary eyes, from a different angle than the last

A brown and white spider turns away from a small red-brown insect nymph

A brown and white spider crawls along the edge of a leaf

Jumping spider photoshoot, the little hunter circled around checking out the leafhopper nymph for some time before heading off without making a meal of it, maybe they taste bad?

#spiders #jumpingspider #salticidae #spood #photography #macrophotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography