the jumping spider, banded phintella
Ever seen such a small, iridescent, jumping spider? Easy to miss among the bushes, but once you find it, you will get stuck with its beauty!
The banded phintella, phintella vittata, belongs to the family of jumping spiders (salticidae).
Jumping spiders are called so because they jump from one place to another, after attaching a silk filament to where they stand. Unlike other spiders, these are said to be inquisitive and may even jump on to your hands if you approach them 🙂 Don’t worry, they are too tiny to harm you in any way!
Date: 11 Aug 2007
Location: @ home, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Camera: Nikon D80 + Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens
Nature’s amazing creations!
Very beautifully captured.
Hi Rock sea!
i saw ur comment on one of my posts sometime back. Today i thought of writing to u. These collection of pics of door knobs, is it ur hobby or u r in such a profession?
spider pics shows u have an eye for detail.
there is a lot on ur blog to read. I shall come back.
U hv created a nice and interesting look for ur blog.
keep posting…. take care.
apoorva.
Hey apoorva, am happy for the detailed, encouraging comments from you 🙂 The door knobs and other theme photographs, I puruse as an interest. I am happy that you liked them. I tried to visit your blog once again, but I guess it is accessible only for subscribers?
Salticids, I am coming to think, are the Poodles, Pugs and Apsos of the spider world!
Very cute and goodlooking spiders they are! I wonder if there is a guide to common salticid spiders of India!
simply poet, thanks for the appreciation and the invitation.
deeps, 🙂
Spiders again! I’m leaving… —–>
I can see a small one on its web up there in the ceiling. Hope its not a jumping spider … hehehee 🙂
i know… you left to india as a distributor of “the hindu”. the spider on your ceiling, that is a falling spider – they are dangerous :-O
😛 😛
its so tiny…its beautiful!!
I’ve seen jumping spiders but never one as pretty as this one. I’ll be on the look out now. All the spiders here vary between shades of grey, buff, and black/white, or brown.
yes, usually most of them appear to have dull colors, and i never thought some of them would be bright like this, until i met this phintella.
wow..you have an awesome collection of poems do check out
http://www.simplypoet.com,a place where poets/writers interact,comment,critique and learn from each other..it would provide a larger audience to your blog!!
if one jumped on my hand i would scream EEEEEEEEK!!! and shake and run lolol neat shot tho, really shows his colors!!! and no my picture was not taken long ago, it’s a new pic, but i’ve been trying to give sort of 70’s processing alot lately, didn’t know i had succeeded 🙂 thanks!
i can “hear” the “EEEEEK” from your words, and imagine the plight hehe 😀
He seems so small compared to the world around him! Very colorful spider too!
yes and he is adventurous and daring for his size 🙂
So intricately created and designed aren’t they. and so many of these and other tiny creatures…
I Salute thee, creator of things:)
an After thought: and to you who observed, captured n posted it 🙂
cheers Rocksea
and to you who spent time to read and admire… 😀
Nice to hear they will not harm us.
I have seen many spiders but never noticed them so close. This looks nice until it converts me to spiderman… 🙂
Your snap is good…
i guess everyone have similar dreams. may be that is why every time you ask if “this spider is poisonous” 😀
The capture is just awesome!
BTW I voted for you guys on Indiblogger original poems.
thanks for the comment, solilo… and for the vote too 🙂
Hmmmmm … the brown tiny spiders we see in our houses also jumps right ? so are they also of same kind ?
hmm… could be!
Such a small creature and so colorful!
yes it is so delightful to see these small wonders… 🙂
Wow.. that is a great capture! So colorful amidst the flashy bright green!
thanks mohan 🙂 yes they are colorful even among the bright green…!