Female Hyllus Diardi on Green Leaf

Hyllus diardi is a species within the genus Hyllus, part of the family Salticidae, commonly known as jumping spiders. This species is among the larger jumping spiders, notable for its robust build and impressive jumping ability, which it uses both for hunting and avoiding predators. So this afternoon, I headed out to the bush where I could find nice subjects to be shot, turned out, I found this spider. The bush was located near the village street and that was my third time visiting this area. I did not actually expect that I would find this spider around here until my friend told me that he just found a jumping spider resting on a folding leaf. Right after he was done with the shots, I came up to the hill and started to play with some clicks, hard to leave such a beautiful piece of nature. As it was a very small species of spider which I believe I would not be able to take with my DSLR, I used a smartphone plus an external macro instead. I was thrilled to see it calm there, so I could freely take the shots from various angles. What I dearly love about the spider are the eyes that, for a moment, stared at me before it moved away.

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Camera	Smartphone
Category	Macrophotography
Lens	Lensbong Macro/Modified Macro lens