It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful ... iridescent mouth parts. (Photo credit: Wirestock/Dreamstime) About 300 of ...

There’s a nice diagram on the site that points out spider body parts. The front segment ... One group of spiders is called “jumping spiders” because, rather than catch prey in webs, they ...

and male jumping spiders are equipped with UV-reflecting scales that glow bright white and green under the sun’s ultraviolet light. The spiders display and pose these body parts to intimidate ...

"But certain groups of jumping spiders deviate from this pattern ... bright colors on the exterior of their faces and other body parts [that] they use in their elaborate courtship dances." ...

Jumping spiders, also known as vampire spiders ... the researchers created "Franken-mosquitoes" by gluing together body parts of starved and blood-fed male and female mosquitoes (the head and ...

"But certain groups of jumping spiders deviate from this pattern ... bright colors on the exterior of their faces and other body parts [that] they use in their elaborate courtship dances." ...

The male jumping spider “sings” by rubbing together the two main parts of his body. (Josh Cassidy/KQED) Damian Elias, a professor who works with Brandt, first listened to these songs using a modified ...

Jumping spiders propel themselves using a distinctive ... This also reduces stress on individual body parts as forces are distributed over their entire body.” The researchers think their ...

"But certain groups of jumping spiders deviate from this pattern. They not only possess a unique ability to see reds, yellows and oranges, but the males display those same bright colors on the ...