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Black Jumper - Simaethula sp.

FAMILY SALTICIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Black Jumpers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 4mm
 
This is a very small size black jumping spider.
 
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We found this Black Jumper wandering on forest floor in Daisy Hill on Sep 2007. 
 

Reference:
1. Simaethula species - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2008.
2. Simaethula sp. - by Robert Whyte, Save Our Waterways Now. 
3. Simaethula sp. Davies, Zabka 1989 - Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library, by Jerzy Proszynski 1997/1999 

 

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