The October spider of the month (SOTM) is this chrysso comb-footed spider (Chrysso sp.; Theridiidae), taken by Daniel Rautenbach in Harare, Zimbabwe. The first species (Chrysso albomaculata) that Pickard-Cambridge described in … Read more
Our spider of the month (SOTM) for September 2022 is this beetle-mimic jumping spider (Pachyballus miniscutulus), photographed by Ruan Booysen in Bloemfontein. This spider is about only 2 mm in … Read more
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 … Read more