Jumping Spider (Philaeus chrysops) - Insects, Spiders and other Animals
Jumping Spider (Philaeus chrysops) an active and colourful jumping spider frequent in dry meadows and on bushes in early summer, S. Italy. Here, photographed waiting for pollinating insects as putative prey in a flower of a toothed orchid (Neotinea tridentata).


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