Hammerjawed Jumping Spider (Zygoballus rufipes)
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The curious little Hammerjawed Jumping Spider doesn't jump very much. Instead, it crawls along slowly, waving its front legs like antennae and looks amazingly like a beetle. Because spiders have fairly soft bodies, the smallest ones are easy prey for many predators. Resembling a hard-shelled beetle can certainly be a useful type of camouflage. The female of the species (shown above) is the beetle mimic, while the mostly black-colored male looks more like a traditional jumping spider.
class: Arachnida / order: Araneae / family: Salticidae / genus: Zygoballus / species: rufipes
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