(Helpis kenilworthi, via iNaturalist)
Australian salticids are truly a bounty of comical "eyebrows".
(Hindumanes karnatakaensis, via iNaturalist)
Despite the similar appearance -- and even name! -- Hindumanes is not actually in the same subfamily as the New World genus Lyssomanes. Fortunately, one is not likely to confuse the two in person, as Hindumanes' known distribution is confined to India.
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i accidentally spooked this Heliophanus into leaving his shelter underneath the smallest oak leaf to ever exist. he walked around having an existential crisis for a bit before finally settling down and letting himself be photographed
i hung out with him for a while because i kept expecting him to teleport away but he wouldn't take his eyes off me. bit clingy to be honest
(October 14th, 2024)
(Phlegra cf. karoo, via Instagram)
The faintest shimmer of highlight outlines the AMEs of this little superhero's striking powder-blue mask. According to the photographer, he is suspected to be either P. karoo or a similar species yet to be described.
Without examining their palps under microscopy or making an educated guess based on their specific location, these colorful North American lookalikes will stump even the canniest enthusiast of the genus. The two species are very closely related in genetic terms -- both being members of the putnami group -- but P. richmani (left) has a highly restricted distribution compared to the more widespread P. putnami (right).
(Beata octopunctata, via iNaturalist)
Though officially documented only in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to picture these tiny adventurers hitchhiking from island to Caribbean island at some point during their history.
(Maratus electricus, via PeacockSpider.org)
Frankly, the fan's the least of this fellow's performance highlights. Hark at those L3s -- long as a polar summer's day, and fluff enough to drown in!
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White-jawed Jumping Spider (Hentzia mitrata), juvenile male, taken March 9, 2025, in Georgia, US
I love this small baby man with his bald patch on his head... It's a little too early for it to be jumping spider season, but I'm still occasionally seeing juveniles out and about. As April comes in, the magnolia greens will begin reaching adulthood and breeding! Mitrata waits until a little later in the year, but that just means I get to see the awkward teens for longer!
(Amphidraus species, via Salticidae.org)
A Milky Way of intriguingly cool-toned silver lights up the medial line of this unidentified (likely undescribed) Amphidraus -- another euophryine belle.
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upon finding an Evarcha jucunda that didn't seem particularly shy, i chased her along a wall for a bit in an attempt to get a frontal shot. she was still not very fond of my presence, but the only thing more powerful than a jumper's cowardice is their curiosity, so i got a couple of reluctant glances
she lost interest very quickly, but the difference in color on the AMEs in these last two pics compared to the first two is a nice example of retinal movement. "i pretend i do not see it" type shit
(October 13th, 2024)
(Pellenes striolatus, via iNaturalist)
No matter how dramatically it waves its forelegs, this little P. striolatus -- a species endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra -- can't overshadow those high-arched plexippine L3s (or those bold Pellenes stripes, starkest of all on the females).
(Asemonea tanikawai, via Haetori Hiroba)
Unlike some other Asemonea species, the Japanese A. tanikawai shares this ghostly-pale coloration across the sexes -- though the reddish palps are a male feature.
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Jumping Spider <3
Man I fucking love jumpers. I love the way they move, the way they look at you, just the way they are. I even got to watch this little dude catch a meal while I was trying to photograph them.
Found this guy on a plant-pot I was going to use, but I let them have their little meal first. They have been relocated into my garden.
Date Taken: 1 March 2025, 11:54
Bonus: Size comparison of this little guy to strands of dog fur.
(Maratus sapphirus, via PeacockSpider.org)
Even apart from those eye-catching eponymous "sapphires", the opisthosomas of male M. sapphirus are intricately brocaded with a far wilder array of colored scales than might be evident at first glance.