Little Jumper by Enmos

Photography • Macro • posted on Apr 06, 2005

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Thanks for viewing !! :o) -- This is Marpissa muscosa, a jumping spider. Apparently the common name for this spider is Fence Post Jumper. This species is up to 11 mm length and is the largest jumping spider in Europe. I thought this little jumper looked so cute lol He kept jumping on my lens and you could really see him judging the distance. He would waggle his behind a bit before jumping lol Jumping spiders are named after their hunting way: they jump on their prey, often from quite a distance. Before jumping they attach a wire to the surface they are sitting on. In this way they can always return to the place they jumped from. They never weave a web though. Because they jump on their prey, jumping spiders have to be able to judge the distance. That can be best done with two (or four) eyes slightly apart thus giving a stereoscopic view. People and owls have two adjacent eyes just for that purpose. The jumping spiders have six eyes and two of them are extremely large. Their main function is to estimate distance. Hope you like :o) - Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "Piggyback Ride LOL" !! -- Many thanks, Jeroen

Comments (52)

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Shadowmonkey

2:18AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

A fantastic macro of the little guy. I agree that his is kind of cute.

funkfrog

2:19AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

yep, certainly know these little bugga's, they always run away from my camera, and i remember one freaked me out while watching through my viewfinder as it jumped to my camera, spiders kinda freak me out no matter what the size...yeah yeah, im a big baby ;P

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francinechristophe

2:21AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Nice ! But I am a spider hater !!! Please send warning "this is going to be an horrible spider and NOT a sweet frog or even a sexy toad !"

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MaydaMason

2:34AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

beautiful performance of this spider! wonderful shots!

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sharky_

2:39AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

I wonder how many attempts you tried before you got a good take? lol. Excellent jumping spider capture. Aloha

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marybelgium

2:41AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

fantastic macro !

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Ikarius

3:02AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Oh my dear! You captured this nervous object? That's professional! Looks like she posed for shooting! Superb!

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Zacko

3:05AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

OH MY GOD!!!! What an incredible collage!!!! Just amazing, sooooo beautiful!!! Perfect macro all around. Have a wonderful day #:o)

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1pearl

3:08AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Excellent work !!!

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kimariehere

3:16AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

amazing ...so cool! oh you ARE AMAZING WITH YOUR SHOTS AND SUCH REMARABLE TIMIMG.....!! WOW VOTE!!

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Niutek

3:39AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Super set of shots, Jeroen. Fantastic macros! :)

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Dianthus

3:45AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

How can you make something so creepy into something so beautiful. Brilliant work matie:)V

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Sekadhar

4:28AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Fantastic macro! Excellent done!*****!

soulofharmony

4:49AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

hehehe waggle his behind. aww he looks so cute. marvellous detail in pov. he looks to be performing little poser.... superb work and clarity excellent work jeroen... still giggling at waggling the behind...:)...) awesome

parb1194

5:21AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

A fantastic set of pics of this jumping spider which is one of my favorite spiders to watch hunt. Excellent macro work and great commentary. Thanks. :o)

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tizjezzme

5:50AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

shudder ... eewww ... but, oh what a great shot of this fuzzy little guy!!

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Ti-Paul

6:12AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Amazing pictures my friend ! The first one is my favorite !Great close-up! Nice ans sharp images!Scarey little guys are'nt they?Thank you also for the informations! Have a great day! :)

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DELMUR

6:18AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Super macro!

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pm_hackworth

7:30AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

Hi Jeroen: As you know you are one of my very very favorite macro shooters. I am always inspired by your work. I am just this year learning to use macro filters. Can you tell me about your lense? Camera, etc? Any post work? (You rarely do post work do you?) Oh...VOTE of course.

Nasht

8:00AM | Wed, 06 April 2005

excellent work as always! ;) 2nd one is my favourite!

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