tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924249423062729629.post2078209232683332556..comments2024-01-14T12:26:20.755+00:00Comments on Matt Cole Macro Photography: 'New' Jumping SpiderMatt Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03451598566179709030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924249423062729629.post-32298462934788898142014-04-12T08:47:32.025+01:002014-04-12T08:47:32.025+01:00Hi, its a Sunshine Jumping Spider, I have seen qui...Hi, its a Sunshine Jumping Spider, I have seen quite a few of these in the South East of EnglandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924249423062729629.post-83846605435033596212013-10-17T09:50:07.605+01:002013-10-17T09:50:07.605+01:00very interesting thanks Doug. I've never knowi...very interesting thanks Doug. I've never knowingly seen Marpissa muscosa though from the distribution map it looks like it could be most concentrated in the S East. I'm in Leicestershire, by the way. I also didn't know that S.pubescens wasn't as common as it is here in all parts of the country. I'll certainly keep my eyes open for M. muscosa. It's possible that in the past I've mistaken it (without looking too closely) for S. pubescens.Matt Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451598566179709030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924249423062729629.post-41710893605547092892013-10-17T06:21:50.994+01:002013-10-17T06:21:50.994+01:00Sorry I'm a bit late on this Matt. I've no...Sorry I'm a bit late on this Matt. I've not see your "new" jumping spider before but take great delight in seeing new jumpers when I do. <br />I've forgotten whereabouts in the country you are (but from what I'm about to write, I'd guess more northerly than me at present - maybe in the midlands?) as my two "commonly-photographed" jumpers are the zebra like you but also the (large) "fencepost" jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa ) rather than what I call the "downy urban" jumper - S.pubescens.<br />In fact it wasn't until last year that I'd EVER seen a DUJS. A gravid female that happened to wander across our outside table.<br />Keep 'em peeled eh? Lovely shots.<br />NBN maps for "fencepost":<br />http://data.nbn.org.uk/gridMap/gridMap.jsp?allDs=1&srchSpKey=NBNSYS0000008764<br />and "urban downy":<br />http://data.nbn.org.uk/gridMap/gridMap.jsp?allDs=1&srchSpKey=NBNSYS0000008778<br />Although these maps as you'll know are hardly foolproof - the fencepost jumping spider is BY FAR the most common jumper seen in READING (or was when I was living there).The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.com