7 Unidentified Jotus Jumping Spider at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Jotus sp. (genus) | 26 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Jotus sp. (genus) | 26 Aug 2021 | SimoneC |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
These two spiders danced around each other for several minutes with their three front pairs of legs together so they looked a flap. Eventually the one in the third photo attacked and saw the other one off.
4 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
26 Aug 2021
Indeed it is Michael. I have not heard of this behaviour being described before but haven't really kept up with salticid behavioural literature in recent years. Normally the male will display to females with his front pair of legs. Clearly in these pics the first three pairs are 'consciously' combined to display to the other combative male. As with other spider behaviours we are trying to understand, put yourself in the position of the other male: what would you see? These are great informative pics here but if you get the opportunity next time, try and somehow take a pic from the same level of the spiders, as if you were an opposing spider!
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
27 Aug 2021
Thanks for the great info Stuart - I wish I could take photos like these -excellent job Simone
SimoneC
wrote:
27 Aug 2021
Thanks, I do have about 30s of video of them too. It shows the ‘dance’ and the final attack. I wasn’t sure if I could load videos?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.051575-34.977886
- Altitude 593.5m
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 26 Aug 2021 12:17 PM Recorded on
- SimoneC Recorded by
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Significant Spiders Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) SimoneC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Jotus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Jotus Jumping Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1443.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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