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The spiders on this page are all jumpers.
     
When you think about a spider, you probably picture a dark-colored creature that spins a web for catching food.
   This bright-orange spider is ready to pounce on its next meal.
  This bright-orange spider is ready to pounce on its next meal.
   
Jumping spiders are different. Most of them are very colorful, and they catch their food by leaping on it. They don’t spin webs either. Instead, they use their silk as a safety line in case they fall while jumping.
   Jumping spiders have large eyes to help them see their prey.
  Jumping spiders have large eyes to help them see their prey.
   
Jumping spiders can leap more than twenty times their body length. If you could do that, you would be able to jump nearly half a block!
   The katydid wasn't fast enough to avoid being caught for dinner.
  The katydid wasn't fast enough to avoid being caught for dinner.
   
Because they are hunters, jumping spiders need good eyesight. They have two large eyes on the front of the head and three smaller eyes on each side.
   Jumping spiders use their silk to make tent-like shelters.
  Jumping spiders use their silk to make tent-like shelters.