Jumping Spiders get a meal by watching all that goes around them with keen-eyed interest. When a likely meal gets close enough the spider pounces onto the hapless victim.
Jumping spiders contain over 5,000 species making Salticidae the largest of the spider families. They are widely distributed over the planet and can even be found up mount Everest.
Daring Jumping Spider
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Jumping Spider species (Phidippus species)
Fishing Spider species (Dolomedes species)
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Wolf Spider (family Lycosidae) ...
The jumping spider genus Enoplomischus seems to mimic this ant genus.
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Some-wolf-spiders, jumping spiders-are considered wandering spiders because instead of building a web and waiting, they actively hunt prey.
A Jumping Spider's (Mopsus mormon) eyes
A Jumping Spider's silken retreat and egg sac
A juvenile Bodianus dictynna at Steve's Bommie
A juvenile Axilspot Hogfish at North Solitary Island
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This spider from the southern United States and Mexico belongs to the jumping spider family. It lurks among grasses, cacti and other plants in search of small prey animals. When its keen eyes spot a victim, it quickly pounces on it.
Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus)
The zebra spider is one of the most familiar of the British jumping spiders, and is often found on sunny house walls. As the name suggests... More 10 Images 4 Videos ...
the more interesting spiders are the tarantula; its relative the trap-door spider, which ambushes its prey from a silk-lined burrow covered by a hinged lid; the orb weavers, which spin beautiful circular webs; and the crab spider, jumping spider, ...
 See also: Spider, Wolf, Burro, Crab, Wolf spider
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