Spiny-legged jumper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: | Spartaeus |
Species: | S. spinimanus |
Binomial name | |
Spartaeus spinimanus (Thorell, 1878) |
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The spiny-legged jumper, (Spartaeus spinimanus), is a species of spider of the genus Spartaeus. It is found from Sri Lanka to Borneo, and Sumbawa. The most preferred prey is moths, where the spider builds large sheet webs on tree trunks to capture them.