Jumping spiders - The Australian Museum

Though generally small in size, their large eyes, prodigious jumping ability, often brilliant colours and cocky, inquisitive activity make them very appealing. Many are daylight hunters, using their excellent vision to track, stalk and calculate distance, before suddenly leaping on their prey.

I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

Fifty new species of spider discovered in far north Australia, Spiders

Australian Bronze Jumping Spider - Helpis minitabunda

New Species Of Tiny Blue-Faced Jumping Spider Discovered In Australia

Northern Green Jumping Spider - Queensland Museum Network

SPIDERS: FEAR TO FASCINATION

Jumping spiders - The Australian Museum

10 Wild and Crazy Facts About Jumping Spiders

Jumping spiders - The Australian Museum

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