Stern jumping spider
The stern jumping spider is a jumping spider from Australia. It has eight eyes, and the two big ones at the front look straight at you like car headlights. It does not catch food in a web. It sneaks up and pounces.
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Fun facts
Before it jumps, it ties a silk safety line behind it, like a climber on a rope.
It builds a little silk tent to sleep in at night and to hide in when the weather is bad.
It also changes its skin, keeps its eggs and spends the winter inside its silk tent.
It was first described by scientists in 1879, from Queensland and New South Wales.
Most asked questions about Stern jumping spider
?How does a jumping spider catch food?
It spots insects with its big eyes, sneaks closer and then leaps on them.
?How many eyes does a jumping spider have?
Eight. The two big ones at the front see sharp details, and the others watch to the sides.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Clynotis severus
- Named by
- L. Koch, 1879
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Salticidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Clynotis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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