Even if you’re scared of spiders, you may find the little jumping spider cute. With its oversized eyes and inquisitive nature, it’s hard not to be fascinated by these tiny spiders. Jumping spiders are ...

Jessiah Hahs Brinkley’s fear of spiders turned into fascination, and then infatuation. As a child, he had nightmares after smashing black widows with his grandfather in the eaves and crannies of his ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey. By Jack Tamisiea The researchers started by collecting ...

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea's first was caught by her boyfriend's dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. "I went from selling three to four a week ...

Jumping spiders exhibit a remarkable repertoire of behaviours underpinned by a sophisticated visual system and emerging cognitive attributes. Their capacity for acute spatial resolution, rapid ...

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Regal jumping spiders are masterful hunters with their athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom. Regal jumping spiders train themselves from childhood to become masterful hunters. From the day ...