August 2022 Spider of the Month
Our August spider of the month (SOTM) is this giant jumping spider (Hyllus sp.; Salticidae), photographed by Hannes Claasens, who spotted the spider hiding among his mother’s ferns in Marloth Park in Mpumalanga. Hyllus was the son of Heracles and Deianira in Greek mythology. I do not know why the spider was named after him. The … Read more