Jumping Spider
So my wife calls me from the other room to tell me there’s a spider on the loose. I grab my camera and flashlight (so I don’t have to use the flash) and come running.
What I find is this superdinky, 1mm jumping spider. It’s barely a speck! My wife has really good eyes.
The thing about jumping spiders is that they hunt entirely by eyesight, which means they love light. I set the flashlight against the wall and started taking pictures, and as you can see, the spider jumped onto the flashlight. The big round blue things in the picture are the tiny little LEDs in the light.
Then the spider started raising and lowering its front leg diagonally, and singing “Stayin’ Alive.”
Bugs are weird.
So much for being on an even keel again with posting.... completely overwhelmed IRL right now.
JFargo said,
September 5, 2008 @ 7:18 am
*laughs* I love the idea of a dancing spider. Could be all the caffeine I’ve had this morning, I don’t know.
Your wife has good eyes!
Parkway said,
September 5, 2008 @ 7:42 am
We get something like those, when it’s warm and dry - which is to say, not this year. I’ve tried getting a picture, but they’re uncooperative (and fast).
They hunt along the walls in the garden, and they do love the sunshine.
Beth R said,
September 5, 2008 @ 9:18 am
BUGS are weird? You’re the one carrying around a little disco dance floor, mister!
Those little jumping spiders are so cool — how can ANYTHING move that fast?