| Jumping Spiders (Salticidae sp. (Blackwall, 1841)) |
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Scientific name: Salticidae sp. (Blackwall, 1841) Common name: Jumping Spiders French name: Salticidés, Araignées sauteuses. Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Size: Biotope: Web: No web. Spiders of the salticidae family chase by looking at preys with their big size eyes. They move by jumping. Observation period: Geographic area: |
Jumping Spiders are very small diurnal spiders. You can tell them apart with the typical arrangement of their eight eyes. There are four large eyes on the front of the head and two other smaller eyes on the lateral side. The two median eyes on the front are the larger ones. The vision of Jumping spiders is very good and they chase by looking at preys. Their legs are short and they often move by jumping. |
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I have photographed this Jumping spider on the low growing vegetation bordering the Monts-la-Fumée footpath next to the small village of Saül. I had enough time to install the flash but I could only shot two pictures before the spider disappears from my view. |
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Telling Jumping Spider species apart almost always need a close exam of the genitalia. So with only pictures we can only tell Salticidae sp. |
André Bon October 2014