Well-dressed Jumper - Servaea vestita (former Plexippus validus)
FAMILY SALTICIDAE
- Body length 5mm
- The jumping spider is medium size, with flat thorax and abdomen. It is patterned dark brown all over the body.
- The spider build retreat and eggs sac under bark. We sometimes found this jumping spider wandering on gum tree trunks.
- ? sp., body length 2mm
- This is a small jumping spider. We found it wandering on the base of a large gum tree trunk near the ground. We think this is the Well-dressed Jumper as well or a very close related species.
- ? sp., body length 5mm
- Found the above spider on May 2010 in Anstead Forest.
- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson 1969, p54, 101 (Servaea sp.), 102.
- 2. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd, 1970, p30 (Plexippus validus).
- 3. Jumping spider Servaea sp. - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2009
- 4. Servaea vestita (Well-dressed Jumping Spider) - by Robert Whyte, Save Our Waterways Now.
This page contains pictures and information about Well-dressed Jumpers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. We followed Robert Whyte to call it Well-dressed Jumping Spider which corresponds to the meaning of the Latin name.
