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Leopard Jumping Spider, La Isla Escondida, Colombia It&#039;s a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it&#039;s typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73261/leopard_jumping_spider_-_side_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Leopard Jumping Spider - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/73261_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=nBGRfHegEIF9zBsp8fQsjZqgyr8%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Leopard Jumping Spider - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia It&#039;s a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it&#039;s typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73260/leopard_jumping_spider_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73262/leopard_jumping_spider_-_front_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> This jumping spider didn&#039;t have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few &quot;stories&quot; both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73262/leopard_jumping_spider_-_front_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Leopard Jumping Spider - front view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/73262_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2F2LwfW5M5KkQQ82K5ITWCLvIIsM%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="Leopard Jumping Spider - front view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia It&#039;s a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it&#039;s typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73260/leopard_jumping_spider_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73261/leopard_jumping_spider_-_side_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> This jumping spider didn&#039;t have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few &quot;stories&quot; both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure><br /> This jumping spider didn&#039;t have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few &quot;stories&quot; both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge

Leopard Jumping Spider, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

It's a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it's typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.

Leopard Jumping Spider - side view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia It's a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it's typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73260/leopard_jumping_spider_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73262/leopard_jumping_spider_-_front_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> This jumping spider didn't have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few "stories" both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World

Leopard Jumping Spider - front view, La Isla Escondida, Colombia It's a well known fact that jumping spiders are amazing hunters. Yet this observation is a display of a skill we did not know about. When discovering a jumping spider, they soon discover you. After that it's typically a game of hide and seek as you try to keep finding it again as it navigates across a complex 3D scene of leafs.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73260/leopard_jumping_spider_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/73261/leopard_jumping_spider_-_side_view_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html<br /> This jumping spider didn't have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few "stories" both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World

This jumping spider didn't have the luxury to torment us as it just had caught fresh prey. Instead of abandoning it to flee, it took this giant prey and jumped a few "stories" both up and down on different levels of foliage whilst carrying the prey. Effortlessly.

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Uploaded Jan 25, 2019. Captured Oct 21, 2018 16:29.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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