Jumping Spider (Cytaea dispalans), male, family Salticidae, Bandung, Indonesia

Male.

Widespread across Australia, but more often recorded from the Eastern states.

Preparing for the next ambush.

Unidentified Cytaea species

I love coming across busy scenes like this!

That fuzzy little caterpillar is an unidentified Arctiinae species. Not sure why he would get so close to a spider’s egg mass, but perhaps he felt secure with his long hairs. The spider is also unidentified, but I believe it is from the Cytaea genus, and as you can see, they’re going to be a parent ♥

Cytaea xanthopus (?)

Identification rests on very shakey ground.