Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

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A good introduction to Australian Jumping & Peacock Spiders can be found at:

http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1096

Also view a catelogue of Australian peacock spiders at:

http://www.arachne.org.au/_dbase_upl/PECKHAMIA_148.1.pdf

Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

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NateKingsford wrote:

4 hrs ago

The "strange shiny thing" on the ventral side is a parasite, something like a fly or wasp larvae, feeding on the spider

Salticidae (family)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

Yesterday

Possibly Maratus chrysomelas

Euophryinae (subfamily)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

Yesterday

A gravid female

Maratus calcitrans

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

Yesterday

Possibly Maratus vespertilio

Maratus sp. (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

Yesterday

Thanks Nate

Cosmophasis sp. (genus)

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Myrmarachne (genus) at Sea Acres National Park

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Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

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