Salticidae thread.This family of spider's make up %13 of the worlds spider population, with thousands of species.Statistically you well never be farther than three feet from one your whole life.They can jump 200X their own body length and are renowned for taking down larger prey than themselves, in perspective it would be like a pickup truck snatching a 757 out of the air.They are my new favorite animal.
if i jump 3 feet in the air on a trampoline, i am at least 3 feet from a spider, unless they fly too
>>309070Not if they are laying eggs in your ear.
I found one of these on my bed the other day.Hardly larger than the head of a ballpoint pen and I could still tell it was adorable.
om nom nom nom.
They're supposed to be fairly clever for their size too.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M&feature=relatedhttp://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=UTbHpV_zFjE&feature=related
Yes, spiders DO fly...http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/newscolumns/archives/OSL/2001/November/011109OSL.html
Awww.
YAY JUMPING SPIDERS!
>>309092awesome.tocktocktocktockfwumpfwumpbwaaaaaahbwaaaaah
>>309119It looks like it paid off in the end too.Little guy got him some.
>>309288WHY DOES SPIDER HAVE PINCHERS?
I'll just leave this here.
>>309307They're just larger front legs.
I'm shit scared of most spiders (you don't have to tell me it's an irrational fear) but somehow despite how hideous i find arachnids in general i think this particular family absolutely adorable. i dunno it's just something about their eyes.
HUGZ?
These are some of my favorites.
They aren't the cutest of the Salticidae, but they are the coolest. :P
Ok, no more Portia pics..
THEY'RE SO CUTE
more plz
Jumping spiders are some of the cutest creatures ever.I'm normally quite the arachnophobe, but I've recently developed quite a fondness for these guys. Kinda wish I could see 'em crawling around on my walls a bit more often.
>>309552hella of drug makes no senseyou want hell of a drug
>>309092He seems to remember his days as a German machine gunner on d-day
>>309511HUGS! :D
This thread is great and you should feel great.
>>309896Yes. Post more pictures to preserve the greatness.
I used to grow them in jars.Caught flies for them every day or so with my aquarium net thingy.
>>309520Whoa. Did he crawl into another, bigger spider's own web and eat him? Badass.
>>310049Yep, Portia sp. are the shit. They can mimic prey or mates to attract the attention of unsuspecting spider by a rhythmic tapping on the victim's web.
>>310328What? That spider must have really fast acting venom. Or maybe it just attacked from the right direction or something?
spiderman spiderspiderman spiderHe can do whatever a spiderman canBut can he sling on a web.Of course he can't he's a jumping spiderBewaaare here come spiderman spider!
:3>>309997Thanks for the new desktop!