Panamanian jumping spider Eris aurantia (family Salticidae) devouring prey cricket. The Salticids are a family of hunting spiders, named for their abi

---

Panamanian jumping spider Eris aurantia (family Salticidae) devouring prey cricket. The Salticids are a family of hunting spiders, named for their ability to jump from 2-20x their body length. They have very acute binocular vision, which allows the prey to be detected & also provides good accuracy when making jumps between twigs. Having detected their prey, they stalk it & gradually creep closer. Finally they jump the last few cms, from a standing start and grab hold of the prey with their forelegs.

---

Size: 3730px × 2516px
Photo credit: © MARTIN DOHRN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, bag, bottle, close-, clothing, collecting, crime, criminal, csi, detail, details, equipment, evidence, forensic, forensics, gathering, glass, gloves, hand, hands, id, identification, investigating, investigation, investigator, officer, personal, placing, police, protective, research, scenes, science, soco, technology