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"Hello! Welcome to my website on the zebra spider."

    On this site you will find information on a common house hold jumping spider, Salticus scenicus. The Salticus scenicus is considered to be one of the most well known jumping spider, species exceeding over 4000! You may have heard of this spider before by their common name “zebra spider.” What you may not be aware of, is that this amazing little spider has the best eyes of any arthropod and several other amazing adaptations. Not only are humans curious about them, they also are curious about humans. They are known to turn their heads all the way around to look right at you! Now if that does not grab your attention check out some of the web pages. A good starting point would be at classification to learn where these amazing little spiders fit in the “big picture.”