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  2. Spider behavior - Wikipedia

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    Spider behavior refers to the range of behaviors and activities performed by spiders. Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom . They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms [ 1 ] which is reflected in their ...

  3. Jumping spider - Wikipedia

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    Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, [1] making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. [2] Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and ...

  4. Phidippus audax - Wikipedia

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    Phidippus audax are commonly referred to as "bold jumping spiders" or "bold jumpers". [8] The species name, audax, is a Latin adjective meaning "audacious" or "bold". [8] This name was first used to describe the species by French arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, who described the spider as being, "very bold, often jumping on the hand which threatens it". [9]

  5. Jumping spiders may experience REM sleep-like state — and ...

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    Daniela Roessler, the study's lead author, said footage captured the spiders' retinas shaking and legs twitching, reminding her of a dog dreaming. Daniela Roessler, the study's lead author, said ...

  6. Evarcha culicivora - Wikipedia

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    Jumping spiders also have some form of color vision, with each layer responsible for a different color sensitivity/ recognition. [15] In general, jumping spiders are able to see with a high level of spatial resolution that is incomparable to any other species similar to it in size. [3] This explains why jumping spiders are predators and hunt.

  7. Eris militaris - Wikipedia

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    A hazardous but not quite lethal amount of a leftover insecticide, such as in apple orchards, can change individual spiders' personalities and alter behavior once exposed. Insecticide effects on behavior include spatial memory decreasing and their learning abilities decreasing. A reason for insecticides affecting bronze jumper behavior may be ...

  8. Portia (spider) - Wikipedia

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    The genus was established in 1878 by German arachnologist Friedrich Karsch.The fringed jumping spider (Portia fimbriata) is the type species.[1]Molecular phylogeny, a technique that compares the DNA of organisms to construct the tree of life, indicates that Portia is a member of a basal clade (i.e. quite similar to the ancestors of all jumping spiders) and that the Spartaeus, Phaeacius, and ...

  9. Have you ever dreamed of spiders? Here's what that might mean

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    What spiders mean in different dream scenarios Below, let's see how the meaning of spiders in dreams may change depending on the scenario. I dreamed a spider spoke to me and told me to check my web.