Saturday, May 19, 2012

At home with a jumping spider ...

Since I have started photographing bugs at home, this is the first jumping spider I have come across. And it happens to be one of the smallest I have ever seen. He is a rather dull colour, but those eyes make up for everything. He seemed to take a liking to a big, soft white and fluffy cushion ... just like him. It is probably a juvenile

Order: Arachnida (spiders, scorpions etc.)
Family/genus: Unknown
Vernacular name: Common Housefly Catcher (probably)
Scientific name: Plexippus petersi (Karsch, 1878) (probably)






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