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Zebra Jumping Spider

salticus scenicus

The Zebra Jumping Spider is a tiny, lively spider known for its striking black and white stripes! It loves to hop around and catch its prey with its impressive jumping skills.

Lebensraum: Zebra Jumping Spiders are commonly found in gardens, grasslands, and along walls and windows.

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The Zebra Jumping Spider has a compact, furry body with a distinctive black and white striped pattern, reminiscent of a zebra. It features eight prominent eyes, with two very large ones facing forward, giving it a keen, curious gaze.

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Zebra Jumping Spider
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Zebra Jumping Spider

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Male zebra jumping spiders perform elaborate dances to impress females!

Some people say they can feel these spiders watching them back!

These tiny spiders can learn and remember complex hunting strategies.

They are known to clean their multiple eyes using tiny bristles on their legs.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hydraulic Leaper

Zebra Jumping Spider can jump up to 50 times its body length because of hydraulic pressure in its legs that helps them ambush prey.

Fähigkeit

Precision Vision

Zebra Jumping Spider has eight eyes providing almost 360-degree vision that helps them spot tiny prey and predators with incredible accuracy.

Fähigkeit

Safety Line

Zebra Jumping Spider can produce a silk dragline while jumping that helps them safely retrieve if a pounce misses its target.

Maße und Details

Größe
3-7 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-730 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
8

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters pounce on small insects using their amazing jumping skills.

Hauptnahrung

  • Flies
  • Gnats
  • Small beetles
  • Aphids
  • Other small arthropods

Nahrungssuche

  • Ambush

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

A common prey item for the jumping spider.

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Birds are common predators of many spider species.

eaten by

European garden spider

Araneus diadematus

Larger spiders may prey on smaller jumping spiders.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Striped SpiderZebra Spider

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das größe von Zebra Jumping Spider?

3-7 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Zebra Jumping Spider?

365-730 Tage

Was frisst Zebra Jumping Spider?

These tiny hunters pounce on small insects using their amazing jumping skills.

Wo findet man Zebra Jumping Spider normalerweise?

Zebra Jumping Spiders are commonly found in gardens, grasslands, and along walls and windows.

Wie jagt Zebra Jumping Spider?

Ambush

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Zebra Jumping Spider?

8

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