Sueli’s mech is Viridis MK II which is based on this cutie, Lyssomanes viridis. A very cool thing about these spiders is that their transparent bodies give us insight on how spiders look around. Some eyes on spiders are completely fixed while others are able to move not their cornea, but the eye tube (very scientific term) can move around to let the spider look around without having to move!

On Viridis MK II, I’ve used this as inspiration on the visual capabilities of the mech. Sueli has a full 360 view, and is able to see everything happening on every side of her mech. These capabilities can also render Viridis MK II nearly invisible using panels on the exterior.

I don't know its species, but it belongs to the salticidae family

EDIT: according to iNat, it belongs to the Lyssomanes genus!!

Jumping spiders are very interesting little creatures, their eyesight is amazing !!! They can even move their retina to focus on different spots

You can see it happening in better quality here, its another species but its pretty much the same mechanism

@thechillsquid submitted: Smol friend

With the Phidippus jumping spiders behind us, we now move on to new critters! Rather than continuing with the Salticinae (Which Phidippus were a part of), I’ve chosen to jump up for a moment and explore the lesser-known branches of jumping spiders. Starting with...

The Lyssomanes!