(Photo: Juan Salazar)
The saltícidos (Salticidae), are also known as jumping spiders, They are small spiders, a few millimeters in general. They move at high speed and are able to make long and accurate jumps. They are not builders of cobwebs. And their body seems covered with hairs that are also scaly
The jumping spiders have eight (8) eyes and four (4) of them are located frontally, with the two especially large centrals allowing them to focus with greater precision to detect their prey, it should be noted that the front eyes provide stereoscopic vision, to the Once the laterals complete a field of vision of 360 ° having an efficient vision of all its surroundings.
(Photo: Juan Salazar)
The Salticidae spiders hunt on the prowl, approaching the prey with brief runs and stopping to jump with greater precision in any direction to give the final blow, it should be noted that they can jump up to 50 times their size, despite having almost no muscle in them. the legs
(Photo: Juan Salazar)
Although most jumping spiders produce venom, the jumping spider bite is not considered particularly dangerous to humans, it is completely harmless to humans.
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