Green Jumping Spider

Mopsus mormon · Order: Araneae · Family: Salticidae

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Green Jumping Spider
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA

The green jumping spider can reach about 12 mm in females, making it one of the larger jumping spiders in Australia. Males have striking colours with long white side whiskers topped by a black hair knot, while females lack whiskers and instead have a red-white mask.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males show long white side whiskers that rise to a peak with a black hair topknot. Females lack whiskers and have a red and white mask on the face.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Females can be about 12 mm long, which is large for jumping spiders in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes New Guinea and eastern Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Its display behaviour is similar in some ways to several Phidippus species and to Portia fimbriata.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Green Jumping Spider photo 3
Photo: Ian Sutton, CC BY
Green Jumping Spider photo 4
Photo: Sam Fraser-Smith, CC BY
Green Jumping Spider photo 5
Photo: Natasha Taylor, CC BY
Green Jumping Spider photo 6
Photo: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA

Same family (Salticidae)

Bold Jumping SpiderBold Jumping SpiderPhidippus audaxCan biteZebra Jumping SpiderZebra Jumping SpiderSalticus scenicusHarmlessTan Jumping SpiderTan Jumping SpiderPlatycryptus undatusCan biteGray Wall Jumping SpiderGray Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus bivittatusHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderHalf-edged Wall Jumping SpiderMenemerus semilimbatusBronze Jumping SpiderBronze Jumping SpiderEris militaris

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mopsus_mormon

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