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18-MAY-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Jumping spider Eris militaris, male on tartarian honeysuckle

Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Jumping spiders are the cutest things going! They are tiny, about 5-8mm in body length. I found many today, all of them, with this exception, on the invasive plant, Dog-strangling Vine (aka Pale Swallowwort)!

If you look closely, I think you can see the swollen ends on the palps (the two leg-like projections coming out of the spider's face) which indicates a male. The female's palps are not swollen at the tips.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/80s f/5.6 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Cindi Smith19-May-2010 12:50
LoVe it!
Blandine Mangin19-May-2010 07:23
bbbbrrr very beautiful macro ! v
slhoornstra19-May-2010 03:26
All is splendor in this tiny world, beautiful color and forms. V Johan's comment is making me itch, make it stop!!
PauloCGama19-May-2010 02:53
Details are getting more and more impressive!! Congratulations, Christine.
VV
Johan Claeson19-May-2010 00:51
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