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Jumping Spider Portraits

One mans obsession with Thailand's jumping spiders.

The team at Thailand Nature Project (formerly Farangs Gone Wild) is delighted to bring you ''One mans obsession with Thailand's jumping spiders''. The man in question is Swiss born Peter Grob, he describes himeself as ''an ambitious amateur photographer  with a preference for macro photography''.
Our normal approach on the site is to use images to make species identification, the pictures here come from a different angle, art. Again from the photographer ''Jumping spiders became my passion. Less for the scientific aspect than for their sheer beauty'', we totaly agree and so made this page.
You won't find any species names here, those that have been identified will be added to the main Salticidae,  jumping spider page. Please enjoy!

You can check out more of Peter's work at   www.springspinnen.ch

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Jumping spiders have some of the clearest vision of all invertebrates. They have 4 pairs of eyes, with the front pair being the spiders main weapon and the remaining pairs giving good peripheral vision..
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Some species of jumping spider are able to leap over 50 times their body length in order to catch prey. Just before jumping  a silk thread is attached to act as a safety rope.

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Jumping spiders have an ingenious way of propelling themselves through the air. The legs are stretched by an increase of the body fluid (hemolymph) pressure, its a hydraulic system.
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Jumping spiders account for around 13% of all spider species on the planet. With over 5000 species they are the largest spider family.

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Some jumping spiders mimic ants! It's thought that one reason for this is to avoid predators that hunt spiders but avoid ants. Some species also prey on the ants they mimic.
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"My idea when I started taking photos of jumping spiders was to show their unbelievable beauty and variety never for scientific reasons. More an artsy approach. So I kind of don’t care for their names".  Peter Grob

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Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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