Araneae: Salticidae

Mopsus mormon  

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

Here a male Jumping Spider is peering over the edge of a leaf waving his front left leg at the rather shy female who seems not sure if love or war is coming.

She ran away.

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