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Jumping spider (fam. Salticidae)

Here a friendly small jumping spider, about 6mm. He likes to jump on my t-shirt and looks directly in the camera, face recognition doesn't work with him, but the 60mm macro with flash light does its job very well :)

The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider

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Uploaded on April 14, 2015
Taken on April 14, 2015