Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) Botswana

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) Botswana

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) on white background, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) on white background, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) on white background, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) with spiderling (Archaeodictyna ulova) scavenging Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) with spiderling (Archaeodictyna ulova) scavenging Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) eating a spider (Stegodyphus dumicola) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) hunting a spider (Stegodyphus mimosarum) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) hunting a spider (Stegodyphus mimosarum) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) hunting a spider (Stegodyphus mimosarum) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) hunting a spider (Stegodyphus mimosarum) Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Dandy jumping spider (Portia schultzi) hunting a spider, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Emanuele Biggi / Spider (Stegodyphus sp.) with African jumping spider (Portia africana), sub-adult male stalking it in the background, South Africa

Chien Lee / White-moustached Portia (Portia labiata) spider, Gunung Penrissen, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Jumping Spider (Portia sp), Bau, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Blue Dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) falling victim to an even larger hunter, an African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa), Guinea

PREMAPHOTOS / Dead leaf jumping spider male in rainforest {Portia labiata} Sumatra

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) eating the eggs of her beaten Portia opponent, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) mimics mating leaf-rocking of male Spider (Euryattus sp) to lure female from nest for kill, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) is trapped in sticky silk by Spider (Achaearanea camura) until the spider is ready to eat, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) eating spiderlings and eggs of her beaten Portia opponent, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) females fighting over eggs and nest, such battles often result in maiming or death, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) stalking jumping spider, if the sharp eyed quarry turns around Portia poses as debris, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Spider (Achaearanea camura) from nearby web, startled by Jumping Spider's (Portia fimbriata) movements, covers Portia in sticky silk, and the predator becomes the prey, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Achaearanea camura) is lured out of its nest by imitation vibrations of prey, then the Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) attacks, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Achaearanea camura) crawls out of nest to investigate web vibrations of Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) and walks into Portia's trap, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) atop leaf nest of aggressive Spider (Achaearanea camura) creates vibrations to draw Achaearanea out for kill, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) hunts Spider (Hygropoda dolomedes) by plucking strands of web to mimic motions of a trapped insect, when (Hygropoda) investigates, Portia attacks, Queensland, Austral...

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Euryattus sp) female lured from nest by Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) mimicking mating leaf-rocking of male Spider (Euryattus sp), Queensland, Australia

Premaphotos / Dandy jumper spider (Portia schultzi) male resembling a dead shrivelled leaf, in tropical dry forest, Kenya

Mark Moffett / Spider (Achaearanea camura) from nearby web, startled by JumpingSpider's (Portia fimbriata) movements, covers Portia in sticky silk, and the predator becomes the prey, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) females fighting over eggs and nest, such battles often result in maiming or death, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) avoids huge female Giant Wood Spider (Nephila maculata) and stalks tiny male on same web, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Euryattus sp) female lured from nest by Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) mimicking mating leaf-rocking of male Spider (Euryattus sp), Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Researcher Stim Wilcox recording spider webs vibrations which Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) can imitate, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) hunting behavior imitated by magnet by vibrating spider web, part of Stim Wilcox's research, Queensland, Australia

Mark Moffett / Jumping Spider (Portia fimbriata) plucking web of another spider, imitating the vibrations made by a mosquito to lure the resident spider out with intent to kill, Queensland, Australia

Bernard Castelein / Widow dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) male, resting on leaf, Allahein River, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Female Widow dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) landing on a branch, Kololi, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Female Widow dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) resting on a branch, Kololi, The Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) with Widow dragonfly (Palpopleura portia) prey in beak, Allahein river, The Gambia.

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider (Portia sp.), specialising in hunting other spiders in their webs. In an example of aggressive mimicry, Portia sends vibrations through the victim's web to mimic trapped prey or a c...

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider (Portia sp.), specialising in hunting other spiders in their webs. In an example of aggressive mimicry, Portia sends vibrations through the victim's web to mimic trapped prey or a c...