America’s largest jumping spider is a fast, visually guided predator capable of sudden directional leaps and rapid defensive strikes. Unlike web-building species, it actively stalks and closes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bold jumping spiders are small hunters known for their excellent eyesight and rapid jumping ability. Unlike many spiders, they do not rely on webs to catch prey and instead stalk insects before ...

Louisiana is home to numerous different species of spiders, since the state's warm climate and diverse landscape makes for the perfect environment for the arachnids. While most spiders in Louisiana ...

This cross section through the head of a jumping spider shows off the interior structure of four of its eight eyes. Jumping spiders have the most acute vision of any terrestrial invertebrate. In fact, ...