Jumping spiders stalk prey in Anza

Doris is a hybrid Phidippus Regius/Phidippus Otiosus jumping spider kept by Anna Teixeira. Anza Valley Outlook/Anna Teixeira photo
With their curious manner, energetic hunting techniques and adorable eight-eyed head tilts, jumping spiders have been winning hearts on social media in recent years. Thanks to macro-photography, the photos of the expressions on their little faces are interesting, to say the least.Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects like insects and arachnids, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life-size. The detail captured is truly remarkable. Jumping spider fuzziness, colors and poses come to life through the photographers’ lenses.Even kept as pets, the tiny eight-legged hunters have their dedicated fans.“Spiders especially are such culturally shunned creatures and treated as pests, but their importance in the e
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