Adorable Jumping Spiders!

How cute! And welcome to the forum!

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Aww! I never thought of it that way, but bold jumping spiders seem perfect as a Halloween animal (Misjudge by many, very cute, and has its own costume). And welcome to the forum!

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how ‘bout these? :smiley:

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Wow! Those are some major takedowns! What did it catch in the first photo?

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a springtime favorite, Chrysopilus thoracicus. and they sure aren’t slow!
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61492-Chrysopilus-thoracicus

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You may enjoy the project called Salticidae meals

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Oooh, thank you! How fun!!

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OMG lol its eyes are HUGE! :laughing: So cute :heart:

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Indeed, welcome! :D

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Here’s a cutie zebra.

Another one

This one has chunkier pedipalps

One more zebra

Last one, sadly much worse quality

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A bold jumping spider (I think) on my kitchen ceiling:

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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/322590224#activity_identification_cf38a77b-fbb5-4fcd-9837-eb488138d7df

I just happened to find this guy a few days after posting this. Lucky me! :D

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Bold takedown here https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/68877368

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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/322546680

My 13th species of jumping spider!

Imagine a poll of jumping spiders :smiley:

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It kind of looks like it has eyelashes, lol! Also, what kind of poll did you have in mind?

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IDK, cutest spider, funniest spider, most colorful spider, or else… have a pick :upside_down_face:

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Oh, a poll of humans about jumping spiders. I thought you were going to poll the jumping spiders themselves. :grin:

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The lil jumpie liked your message now! (So did I, but I can’t like twice :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:)

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I’ll do a poll about the cutest so far, as it sticks to the topic. :)

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0 voters
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