The amazing jumping spider....

[Biskit]

Do NOT follow this link if you are bothered by spiders. Otherwise, it's fascinating.

Look away if you don't like spiders

 

[The Ace]

The Salticidae are famed for their jumping ability, and can easily be coaxed onto a fingertip (where they give the impression of intelligent curiosity by staring back with their large eyes). It's no problem to encourage them to jump off.

Freda is a jumping spider, just rather larger than the normal length of 6mm.

 

[J Riff]

30, 000 species folks, 3X as many as ants.

 

[night_wrtr]

"Spider trained to jump on demand"

There is a short story in there somewhere that really needs to be told.

 

[J Riff]

AND - were spiders the first lifeform to dwell in the upper atmosphere? Little web parachutes... riding the breeze, long before anything like a bird came flapping along?

 

[Foxbat]

"Spider trained to jump on demand"

There is a short story in there somewhere that really needs to be told.

I'd been working on one but it's about a cockroach (not jumping...doing something entirely different). It wasn't working but maybe I need to resurrect it

Spiders are incredible creatures though. By far my favourite subject when it comes to taking photographs