Salticidae (jumping spiders) tend to be curious creatures with lots of personality! Those ventral median eyes can typically see as well as a cat.
Also, they have venom like all spiders do, but it isn’t medically significant to humans and they aren’t aggressive, despite the ferocious visage on this male.
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Sitticus sp. jumping spider. There are over 70 species of jumping spiders found in Switzerland. I am not certain which one this is.
Look at those amazing eyes!
Thanks for your answer.
The eyes are truly scary… fortunately, my little eight-legged friend was only ~2cm „large“, so I didn’t need to be too scared!
Salticidae (jumping spiders) tend to be curious creatures with lots of personality! Those ventral median eyes can typically see as well as a cat.
Also, they have venom like all spiders do, but it isn’t medically significant to humans and they aren’t aggressive, despite the ferocious visage on this male.
Good to know… I already set it free in our backyard garden…