Subject: Yellow Salticidae
Location: Manglayang Mountain, West Java, Indonesia
March 22, 2013 9:30 pm
Hello again Daniel,
I wanted to ask what kind of fat salticidae this is.
This funny fellow eat a grasshopper on a banana leaf, after that she move to a higher ground making out a bed out of her web then she fell a sleep.
Signature: Mohamad Idham Iskandar
Hi Mohamad,
We are not certain if we will be able to identify this lovely Jumping Spider in the family Salticidae to the species level, but we think your photographs are amazing. We are posting them and perhaps we will have some time in the future to research additional information.
Thanks Daniel,
I’m also still trying to browse for more info of this salticidae, but still couldn’t find any suitable lead.
Update: May 10, 2013
Thanks to a comment that this is Hyllus giganteus, we are able to link to matching photos at Reptile Forums and this video on UIOVN.
Its a female Hyllus giganteus
Thanks to your comment, we have linked to some photos and a video.
Thanks Paul for the ID 🙂
I found spider like this… I search at world wide but I just get this site which the spider I got days ago… I think it’s very special spider, because it’s motive like tiger… it catch other spider in its web, the prey’s body is as big as this tiger Salticidae, i have the picture, but I worry, it can’t reproduce because I don’t see another similar spider
Hi Natalia,
You can submit your photo using the link Ask What’s That Bug? on our homepage. Spiders have a way of finding one another when they are ready to mate. Males are often much smaller than females.
Hello mohamad, i am curious if you can find more of Hylllus giganteus, i am interested in buying or trade some of my jumping spider with you. Thank you