Colourful Biting Jumper - ? Opisthoncus sp.

FAMILY SALTICIDAE

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

Body length 8mm

 

 

 

We found this jumping spider in Karawatha Forest She-oak area on Dec 2007. It looks very similar to the Biting Jumper Spider but with some extra colour under sun light.. 

 

 

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Reference:

1. Jumping spider Opisthoncus species  - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.

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Last updated: September 12, 2009.