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Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, thin tibiae, and long, slender antennae. The antennae arise closely and next to each other on the head. They are brownish in color and rather humpbacked in appearance, always wingless, and up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long in body and 10 cm (3.9 in) for the legs.
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019 [update] , this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species , [ 1 ] making it the largest family of spiders – comprising 13% of spider species. [ 2 ]
Oecanthidae - tree crickets, anomalous crickets; Phalangopsidae - "spider crickets" and allies †Protogryllidae - an extinct family; Pteroplistidae - "feather-winged crickets" of tropical Asia; Trigonidiidae - sword-tail crickets and wood or ground-crickets; other families in the infraorder Gryllidea previously have been included:
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
Jumping spider diets consist of small insects such as grasshoppers, moths, flies, or other spiders. They can eat almost anything that their chelicerae can hold. Other prey includes fruit flies, bees, wasps, crickets, worms, butterflies, or leafhoppers. [6] [7] [10]
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The scientific name of this particular spider is Cosmophasis umbratica. [2] These spiders are part of the genus Cosmophasis. Some common names for this particular spider include shiny jumping spider, green iridescent garden jumper, and tropical ornate jumping spider. [3] [1] Taxonomist Eugène Simon proposed the genus Cosmophasis in 1901. There ...
Habronattus is a genus in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most species are native to North America. They are commonly referred to as paradise spiders due to their colorful courtship ornaments and complex dances, similar to birds-of-paradise. [1] [2] Males display intricate coloration, while females are cryptic. [3]