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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Translucent Green Jumpers (Lyssomanes) » Magnolia Green Jumper (Lyssomanes viridis)
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Magnolia Green Jumping Spider - Lyssomanes viridis - female
Copyright © 2013 Robert Lord Zimlich

Magnolia Green Jumping Spider - Lyssomanes viridis - Female
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 3, 2013
Magnolia Jumping Spider devours midge
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 April, 2013 - 8:43pm

Love it!
Why are her eyes so small? Seems to catch prey anyway.
… Diane Young, 27 April, 2013 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
Which pair ...
of eyes are you talking about? She has two big anterior median eyes in the middle of her face, flanked by two smaller anterior lateral eyes, with four on top of the carapace. Jumpers are among the best predators on the planet
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 27 April, 2013 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

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Really neat photo!
… A. Hendrickson, 5 April, 2013 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Chironomus
Chironomus (Chironomus) decorus group.
… John F. Carr, 3 April, 2013 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Midge Update
Ex-Chironomus :)
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