Jumping spider, jumping pics??

[Ferco]

hi anyone have any pics of these guys in action, i mean to say actually jumping or hunting? thanks

[Omri Alon]

I don't think that is posibble :( They jump too fast and they will dissapear from the frame (or focus) before you can press the shutter.

[Greg_C]

I've got several frames of empty leaves :( but not one in actual flight. One last week was a prime candidate as I could tell when he was sizing up a jump. He'd hang the front legs over the edge of the leaf and then wiggle them for a bit before launching. See this thread (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=202608)of mine.

[dpastern]

hi anyone have any pics of these guys in action, i mean to say actually jumping or hunting? thanks

Yes, I do have one on the 'hunt' as you so put it. I think I even have one in the process of jumping, but it's blurred as hell and wasn't a 'keeper' as far as I'm concerned. Don't ask me to hunt through five thousand images though to find it ;-) The one of the move is below (my apologies to others who've already seen this image).

Dave