It is one of thousands of jumping spiders that are found worldwide and hunt actively rather than catching prey in a web. They have excellent vision, with four large eyes in front and four smaller ...

jumping, or nursery web spiders may be faulted for appropriating the flairs of wolf spiders, as you'll learn below. Quick tip: When in doubt, peep into their eyes (Bugguide might help).

The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus) is a tiny spider that lives up to its vivacious name. This dazzling arachnid was given its moniker in 2015 by UC Berkeley PhD student Maddie Girard ...

Some jumping spiders are really colourful. Jumping spiders have amazing eyes which help them to spring from one place to the other. This one has spotted a dragonfly on a leaf, so it jumps over to ...