Jumping Spider or Groucho Marx :-)

mostly.nature (59) in nature • 7 years ago (edited)

This little Salticid / Jumping spider is Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus. It not a great quality photo by any means but it does make me laugh. Is it just me or is there a resemblance to Groucho Marx?

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Salticidae Salticidae Opisthoncus sp.jpg

For those with no imagination, this might help :-)
Salticidae Groucho.jpg

...and here's the original Groucho Marx for those not old enough to remember.

_{Groucho Marx (Public Domain Image from Wikimedia)}

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7 years ago by mostly.nature (59)

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princecool (31) · 7 years ago

haha good

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

Glad you liked it 😅

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valth (68) · 7 years ago

Haha, they do kind of look alike! :P

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

Good to know I'm not the only one who thinks so :-)

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ryivhnn (65) · 7 years ago

Looks pretty good to me. Can see the resemblance but I'm glad you put the edit in anyway, too funny not to XD

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

Thanks. Glad you liked it ☺

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sunscape (70) · 7 years ago

Very cool looking spider.... lol I remember groucho from when I was a kid. long time ago.

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

Thanks. I'm still watching the Marx Brothers on DVD. How sad is that 😃

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sunscape (70) · 7 years ago

Sometimes, the oldies are just to good to let go of. :-)

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ackhoo (69) · 7 years ago

Hehehe...

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

☺

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abieikram (54) · 7 years ago

Woowww,,, I was so scared but is beautiful,, 😊

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

These ones are pretty harmless :-)

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ewkaw (70) · 7 years ago

Whit those eyebrows it definitely does!
And it is a hell cute spider :)

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

It is a cute one. I've only seen this one two or three time.

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