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Bronze Jumping Spider ( Helpis sp )

Bronze Jumping Spider | Helpis sp photo

Bronze Jumping Spider

Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.

SPIDER FACTS

Description
Helpis jumping spiders are shades of brown and cream. They often hide in their retreat in a curled up leaf and ambush passing insects.

Size
10mm

Environment
foliage

Food
insects such as flies and moths that they pounce on.

Breeding
Jumping Spiders build silk egg sacs in leaves

Classification

Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Helpis
Species:	sp
Common Name:	Bronze Jumping Spider