Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Telamonia dimidiata




















A new resident on our champa tree.

While searching for the spiders identity on the internet, I stumbled upon one more interesting thing about this particular spider species.

Telamonia dimidiata was a victim of an Email Hoax!

A chain letter type email was widely circulated saying that these spiders have entered the US and are causing deaths in humans!

The spiders were supposed to be partial to dark corners of toilet seats , from where they launched attacks on their unsuspecting victims .

These are very common jumping spiders who weave nests among leaves .
They are completely harmless...

1 comment:

  1. What a lovely creature! Very lucky to have her in your garden. I wrote a poem in her honour but it turned to be a he.

    You can see hs image & her poem at :-

    http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/spider-office/

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