I have been trying to work out what all the little jumping spiders are. I knew there were lots of different ones, I just hadn’t realised how many I had seen. Once I started looking closely at my pictures, I started to notice quite big difference.

In Spain they were very friendly little spiders. In the UK, so not much and they are, well, jumpy. I figured the heat out there slows everything down, wildlife included. But I have still captured a number recently, they don’t stop for long if at all, so only a few UK ones included.

Some of the names may be off, but I think they’re mostly correct.

I just used to think there was one type of jumping spider, the little black and white one I called them as a kid. Now I know better!

(c) K Wicks