Biting Jumping Spider - Opisthoncus mordax
FAMILY SALTICIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Biting Jumping Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We usually found this jumping spider hunting on leaves during sunny day time. It body is shiny black to dark brown in colour, with a thick white line on the middle of its abdomen. As most other jumping spiders, the first pair of legs are long, strong and with spines.
- This is a large size jumping spider. They are common in Brisbane gardens and backyards.
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- The spider usually found hunting on board green leaves of low plants.
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- We do not understand why they are called Biting Jumping Spiders, may be their relatively large jaws that are likely to bite. We did not have the being bitten experience and never heard about that. Of cause, as we always recommend: do not handle any spider with bare hands.
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- Reference:
- 1. Jumping spider Opisthoncus mordax - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.
- 2. Opisthoncus mordax (Biting Jumping Spider) - by Robert Whyte, Save Our Waterways Now.
- 3. Jumping spiders Family Salticidae - by Ed Nieuwenhuys, 26 November 2006.
- 4. Species Opisthoncus mordax L. Koch, 1880 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
