Saturday, September 5, 2009
Jumping Spider (Sitticus fasciger)
I was out looking for a few spiders to photograph today, and boy was it slim pickings! I found several of this species, Sitticus fasciger, but they were all females which I already have studio pictures of. Finally I found this guy, a nice sized male.
Males of the species have smaller, more slender abdomens, and larger dark palps, as you can see here. Here's a picture of a female. For an informative paper on behavior and identification of this species, look here.
Sitticus fasciger is originally from Asia, specifically the Russia/China area. They are almost always found in conjunction with man. Their favorite habitats are man made structures like stone walls, houses, building walls and such, which is exactly where I found this guy. They were apparently introduced into the US in the 50's.
Raynox DCR-150 and Raynox DCR-250, stacked, and mounted on my Panasonic Lumix FZ8.
Labels:
fasciger,
FZ8,
Jumping,
Jumping Spider,
Lumix,
macro,
Raynox,
Raynox DCR-150,
Raynox DCR-250,
salticid,
Sitticus,
Sitticus fasciger,
Spider
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