Jumping Spider (Mopsus mormon) (1/12)

Araneae: Salticidae

Mopsus mormon  

Known as the Northern Green Jumping Spider, this Spider caught me by surprise on three counts:
    1) I did not see it until it moved such was its blending capacity with its background.
    2) Its size, it was nearly two centimetres, too big for a jumping Spider I thought.
    3) Just how far it could jump, as it easily jumped ten centimetres from leaf to leaf.

This is the largest Jumping Spider in Australia.