First Jumper of the year and a little poser she was.

IPClark

My First jumping spider this year. Spotted this little lady (at least I think it's one. Don't see boxing glove palps) in the normal place I occasionally find them, our garden storage unit. Determined not to photograph it on a horrible green non-descript plastic box, I captured and transferred indoors.

Sorry for providing 6 images of the same spider but they're hard enough to find and even then they rarely sit still for more than a second or two

Temporarily contained underneath a glass. When given the opportunity of freedom, she quiet happily sat there. Perhaps it was her reflection.



Out onto the table to start with.



Onto a more colourful background. Namely a Boots chemist leaflet.





Puss in Boots eyes?



Released back into the garden. She didn't seem overly fussed about running off. A quick glance upwards before then scuttling off into the foliage.

Snowgirl

Lovely shots! Nothing I would have had the courage to do

IPClark

Thank Ceci

Jumpers are tiny little critters and I have to admit, the only spider that doesn't make my skin crawl . I guess it's those big eyes hehe

Paul Iddon

Lovely shots Ian - my fave spider still, and no reason to change my mind on that seeing these!


Paul.

IPClark

Thank you Paul .

They are one of the nicer species

RonChris

Nice series ian!

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Lord Vetinari

Lovely series Ian, I fairly frequently get a jump response to the preflash with these.
Brian v.

IPClark

Thank you Brian. I found that when she was on the leaflet, if I rotated the leaflet so she was kept facing towards me when running, she would stop for about 4 or 5 seconds to take stock of the situation and stare at me