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Jacksonoides species?

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Species:
Jacksonoides species?
(Note: This identification is based on similarities with the Jacksonoides drawings presented by Davies and Zabka)
Family:
Salticidae
Body length:
female: about 5 mm
male: about 4.5 mm
Habitat:
This spider has a tendency to invade the webs of other spiders, eating both the spiders and any insects they may have caught
Toxicity:
A bite by this species may cause local pain and inflammation or even mild illness
Jacksonoides species?
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This species is recognised by its unusual eye pattern, the four lateral eyes being relatively large with the posterior pair on raised parts of the carapace, a deep groove separating them.

Spider(s) with a similar appearance: None.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 28 June 2009.