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Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) (1/7)
Araneae: Salticidae
Omoedus orbiculatus
 01.jpg "Geoff Walker: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 10/03/2016")
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© Geoff Walker 2016
Gold Creek Reservoir, QLD (Mar, 2016)
Common Names
- Round Ant Eater
- Ant Eater Jumping Spider
The Round Ant Eater Jumping Spider is just what its name suggests. The abdomen is roundish, the spider jumps onto ants and paralyses them and eats them.
It looks cute at such a small size but I am glad that these jumping spiders are small as they can leap many times their body length (some up to 20 times) to catch their prey.
 01.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 10/03/2016")
Round Ant Eater
 02.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 10/03/2016")
Round Ant Eater
 03.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 10/03/2016")
Round Ant Eater
 04.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 21/04/2016")
Female
 05.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 21/04/2016")
Female
 06.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 21/04/2016")
Round Ant Eater
 07.jpg "Geoff: Jumping Spider (Omoedus orbiculatus) - 22/04/2016")
Round Ant Eater