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A small Jumping Spider Hunting a Cockroach

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                                                                              Jumping Spider captured a cockroach Spiders are the very common eight legged arthropods seen in our house / surroundings, even these can be seen on the slopes of Mount Everest. Jumping spider is a type of spider. The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders. Jumping Spiders are generally carnivorous animal and have body length between 1 to 22 mm. These spiders can be found in gardens, walls of our resident or buildings, forests, etc. Jumping Spiders generally hunts small and large insects to collect their body fluid as food. But many species have been known to include nectar in their diets , and very species feeds primarily on plant matter .. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move slowly, mos