15 Feb 2023

Two-striped Telamonia ( Telamonia dimidiata)

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Soh Kam Yung spotted a two-striped Telamonia, Telamonia dimidiata, at Pasir Ris Park on 10 Dec 2022. A common jumping spider; this one was willing to stay relatively still while these shots (Images 1 – 4) were being taken.

Image 1: Dorsal view of the jumping spider (Family: Salticidae).
Image 2: This is probably a female spider (or an immature male?) in contrast to a male which is almost black with a single white band down its back.
Image 3: This spider does not pose a danger to humans and had been the subject of claims that their bites are fatal. The anterior median eyes are enlarged and very conspicuous in this photo.
Image 4: This spider is commonly seen amongst foliage. The fighting spiders that boys in Malaysia and Singapore used to keep in match boxes belong to Thiania bhamoensis.

 

References: 

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telamonia_dimidiata
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_vision
  3. Immature male Telamonia https://mynaturechronicles.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/telamonia-dimidiata-immature-male/
  4. Spider of Malaysia Telamonia dimidiata Male https://youtu.be/OdFqUPI5xio
  5. Jumping spiders that boys in Malaysia and Singapore used to keep in match boxes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiania_bhamoensis

All photographs © Soh Kam Yung

Captions by Teo Lee Wei

 

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