Jumping spiders - The Australian Museum

Though generally small in size, their large eyes, prodigious jumping ability, often brilliant colours and cocky, inquisitive activity make them very appealing. Many are daylight hunters, using their excellent vision to track, stalk and calculate distance, before suddenly leaping on their prey.

Nature curiosity: Why do spiders have so many eyes?

Why the 2010s were the decade of the peacock spider - Museums Victoria

Peacock spider discovered in Queensland

The Brushed Jumping Spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from Eastern Australia

Northern Green Jumping Spider - Queensland Museum Network

Jumping spiders - The Australian Museum

It's alive: Students snare spiders for museum exhibit

Australian Museum - Did you know that spiders usually have eight eyes - but few have good eyesight? Spider eyes point in different directions and often have different uses 🕷️ Learn about

Spiders – Alive & Deadly at the Australian Museum

Spiders of Australia with information and pictures

Why the 2010s were the decade of the peacock spider - Museums Victoria