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Fringed Jumping Spider (Portia sp.) eating a spider

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Some tropical Jumping Spiders (Portia sp.) are spider specialists. They prey on both hunting and web building spiders.

Photographer:
Robert Jackson
Rights:
© Robert Jackson
Common name:
Jumping Spider
Scientific name:
Portia sp.
Family:
Salticidae
Order:
Araneae

Last Updated: 4 June 2009

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