Synemosyna formica a jumping spider.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Face-to-face with a corinnid mimic of the common ant Dolichoderus bispinosus.

Armenia, Belize
Jumping spider (Salticidae)

Kibale forest, Uganda
A two-tailed spider (Hersiliidae) feeds on silk-wrapped prey.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
Phidippus putnami jumping spider, male. This image is a focus-stacked composite of 27 exposures taken at different focal depths.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Helpis minitabunda - Aussie Bronze Jumping Spider (Salticidae)

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia
The large, forward-facing eyes of this predatory jumping spider (Salticidae) are capable of judging distance through a sophisticated mechanism involving defocused images in part of the color spectrum.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The large, forward-facing eyes of this predatory jumping spider (Salticidae) are capable of judging distance through a sophisticated mechanism involving defocused images in part of the color spectrum.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Hygropoda dolomedes showing the fang-bearing chelicerae that define the Chelicerata, a taxonomic group including arachnids and horseshoe crabs.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Synemosyna formica a jumping spider.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Synemosyna formica a jumping spider.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
Synemosyna formica a jumping spider.

Gainesville, Florida, USA
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