READY TO POUNCE ON A FLY ON THE WING; THE JUMPING SPIDER
These is something diabolical in the way these four black eyes in a row stare one out of countenance.
A JUMPING SPIDER READY TO SPRING FROM A LEAF
(Phidippus togatus, Koch.)
I must confess to a peculiar feeling of embarrassment, almost of fear, towards a jumping spider. It stares at you so intently and seems no fearless as it wheels to keep you covered with its battery of eyes; and you never know which way it is going to jump.