Araneae: Salticidae

Mopsus mormon  

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)
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© Geoff Walker 2016
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD (Aug, 2016)
Common Names
  • Green Jumping Spider
  • Northern Green Jumping Spider

The male Jumping Spider holds the female's abdomen twisted over so that he can use his palps to place his little "packet" of sperm at the appropriate location.

Perhaps the logistics of surviving the encounter is sufficiently exciting to the male to make up for the fact that the actual insemination mechanism is little different to posting a letter.

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Male Green Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Male Green Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Male Green Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

A Tryst with Risk

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Insemination

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Baby come back

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Male Green Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Female Northern Green Jumping Spider

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Love is in the Air

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Hide and Seek

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Love or War

Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (Mopsus mormon)

Ferocious hunter