Jumping Spider Facts: the CUTEST Spiders 🕷️ Animal Fact Files

Jumping spiders are the cutest spiders alive today. That may not be more of a jumping spider opinion, but we have plenty of jumping spider facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Salticidae
Range: Cosmopolitan
Habitat: Forests, scrublands, deserts, and more
Size: Average 1 inch (12.77mm)
Diet: Nectar, plant matter, insects, spiders, frogs, and lizards
Threats: Spiders, reptiles, and insects
Life span: Less than one year

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Image and Video Credits:
Andreas Kay -    • Jumping spider, Salticidae at breakfast  
wmaddisn -    • Yellow amycine jumping spider, Reserv...  
Pests and Natural Enemies (Ian Grettenberger) -    • Jumping spider vs. pea aphid  
Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegro... https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegro...
Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/5245005...
Pristurus - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
The Nature Box - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Ryan Hodnett - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Research Credits:
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https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-jump...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/sc...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/jum...
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/m...
https://www.popsci.com/jumping-spider...
https://earthsky.org/earth/jumping-sp...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content...
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1962
http://tolweb.org/Salticidae
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.thoughtco.com/jumping-spi...
https://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsh...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary...
http://britishspiders.org.uk/bulletin...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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https://phys.org/news/2017-10-sexual-...
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https://www.jumptownutah.com/just-how...
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