Alex Hyde / Black Jumping spider {Salticidae}. Tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider {Salticidae} covered in iridescent scales photographed on white background, tropical rainforest, Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider {Salticidae} photographed on white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Stephen Dalton / Jumping spider (Plexippus paykulli) leaping onto fly prey, Crete

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Jumping spider (Salticidae) on rock, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

Alex Hyde / Jumping Spider {Euophrys frontalis} male on flower, Peak District National Park, May.

Alex Hyde / False coloured scanning electron micrograph of head of Jumping spider {Salticidae} UK

Tim Laman / Jumping spider (Salticidae) in Sierra Madre National Park, Luzon, Philippines. September

Rolf Nussbaumer / Daring Jumping Spider {Phidippus audax} adult on fruit of Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia lindheimeri) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, June

Kim Taylor / Jumping spider {Phidippus clarus} leaping between plants of Self-heal {Prunella vulgaris} USA.

Kim Taylor / Jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) pouncing on a hoverfly (digitally enhanced). North America.

LYNN M. STONE / Jumping spider {Salticidae} captive