If you answered yes, it was likely one of more than 4,500 varieties of jumping spiders found around the world. These tiny critters come in a rainbow of fuzzy colors, hunt primarily in daylight, and ...

To find out how these critters could see color, the scientists looked at sections of the jumping spider Habronattus pyrrithrix using spectrophotometry, which measures a substance’s light ...

Dr. Taylor and her team studied two species of jumping spiders commonly found in Florida — the regal jumping spider, or Phidippus regius, and Habronattus trimaculatus.

The experts were searching for details about the genus Festucula, a type of jumping spider, according to a study published Dec. 1 in the scientific journal ZooKeys.

Jumping Spiders are a large and diverse group of spiders that can be observed throughout the United States and Mexico. Taxonomically speaking, this family is represented by 45 genera and over 100 ...

The spiders have mostly yellow legs, and photos show that some regions have short, hair-like bristles, according to scientists. The new species’ chelicerae and palps, which it uses to feed, are ...

Researchers used computer vision techniques and machine learning and neural network algorithms to see if artificial intelligence properly classified images properly as spiders, wasps, praying mantises ...

To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations on Hainan Island in southern China. Back in the lab, they compared ...

The new species was named the “glossy jumping spider” after its iridescent scales. Caleb JTD, Parag A, Datta-Roy A Zoosystematics and Evolution Ayush Parag has spent a lot of time in the ...

This jumping spider lives in the forests of southern India and now has been identified as a new species, according to a study published Oct. 11 in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys.

The spiders have mostly yellow legs, and photos show that some regions have short, hair-like bristles, according to scientists. The new species’ chelicerae and palps, which it uses to feed, are ...