B11

The jumping spider family is the largest family of spiders and includes more than 5,000 species. Jumping spiders are small, usually less than 2cm in length, with plump bodies, short legs and large eyes. Many species are brightly-coloured and all can jump between 20 to 80 times the length of their body.

 LONG

B12

Jumping spiders are known for their curiosity. If a human hand approaches it, a jumping spider will jump towards the hand instead of running away as most spiders do.

 CURIOUS

B13

In fact, jumping spiders seem to be interested in everything they come across and when something attracts their attention they usually follow it closely with their big eyes.

INTEREST

B14

Jumping spiders do not catch their prey in webs; they use their excellent eyesight to track it and then they jump on it. Before each jump, they spin a silk safety line just in case they miss their target.

 SAFE

B15

At the end of each leg, jumping spiders have hundreds of tiny hairs. These hairs are split into hundreds more tiny hairs, each one ending with a ‘foot’. These ‘feet’ enable them to climb across almost any type of surface.

 ABLE

B16

In fact, jumping spiders can even climb up glass, a trick which most other spiders find impossible to do.

 POSSIBLE