Jumping spiders are amazing in so many ways, but one thing I always love about them is their seemingly inquisitive behaviour. This little jumping spider seemed every bit as interested in me as I was in him. It followed my every move with his large eyes and motioned left to right with the movements of my camera. There is something undeniably cute about these fearsome tiny garden predators.


It can be pretty amazing to see these little spiders follow and track your hand as you move it along in front of them. Their vision is truly something amazing being able to look up as watch movement several feet away. Of course all this visual ability is for a reason, one probably not so cute to the prey that ends up on the other end of it. Jumping spiders use this vision to not only locate prey, but calculate distances. In at least one example the Portia jumping spider can formulate tactics to capture and consume other formidable spiders.