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Goldband thyene jumping spider

Thyene natalii
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsSpidersGardens and meadows8 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The goldband thyene jumping spider is a small, fancy jumping spider from Africa. Its oval back is decorated with shiny bands that go across it, like stripes on a party dress. Two of its front eyes are big and round, so it can see its prey very well.

Fun fact: spiders are not insects. Insects have six legs, spiders have eight. Everyone calls them bugs anyway!
Lives in
Eastern and southern Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa, in green places and on farms
Length
5 to 8 mm (0.2 to 0.31 in)
Top speed
about 0.92 km/h (0.57 mph)
On foot, estimate
What does it eat?
Like other jumping spiders, it hunts small insects by sneaking up and pouncing on them.
For real!Photo of Goldband thyene jumping spider
Picture by Pax Bell. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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How long is it?

Goldband thyene jumping spider about 8 mm long (0.31 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
small enough to sit on your fingernailcould run across a dinner table in 3.9 secondsmoves 32 times its own body length every second

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Fun facts

1

It is the only spider in its group where both males and females have shiny crosswise bands on the back.

2

The male's bands are red and silver, while the female's are metallic brown and white.

3

It has eight eyes in three rows, and the two middle front eyes are almost twice as big as the ones beside them.

4

In males the front legs are the longest, but in females the back two pairs are the longest.

5

It was first described from spiders collected in Durban, South Africa.

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Most asked questions about Goldband thyene jumping spider

?How big is the goldband thyene jumping spider?

About 5 to 8 millimetres long.

?Where does the goldband thyene jumping spider live?

In eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and South Africa.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Thyene natalii
Named by
Peckham & Peckham, 1903
Group
Spiders
Family
Salticidae
Classification
Arachnida > Araneae > Salticidae
Lives on
Africa

Where the facts come from

  1. Thyene natalii (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Pax Bell. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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