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Not the Regular Zebra Jumper - _TNY_5599

At first, this looks like a zebra jumping spider (Salticus scenicus), but it is actually one of the other, closely related Salticus species - a subadult male narrow-banded zebra spider (Salticus cingulatus).

 

I found it climbing in my mother-in-law's (grey) hair where it blended in nicely. When I put my hand next to it, the spider obediently jumped over to me - at which point I managed a couple of shots before it instead jumped onto the camera lens and then Geronimo-ed down onto the lawn.

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Uploaded on August 24, 2023
Taken on August 14, 2023