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Metallic blue jumper
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Metallic blue jumper

Thiania bhamoensis

Thiania bhamoensis is a species of jumping spider.

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Description

The species is iridescent green-blue. Females are more green, males more blue. From the front view, the female's face are black. And the males are white. Nicylla sundevalli, which also occurs in Burma, is said to be very close to this species.

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What it does

These spiders build a silken retreat by binding a pair of green leaves together, where they rest, moult and lay their eggs, which is unusual for a jumping spider. Making a single rivet to attach the leaves takes about half an hour. About four to ten rivets are arranged in a roughly elliptical manner. These nests are built by both sexes and juveniles. Although T. bhamoensis can be found on many kinds of plants, it most often chooses Crinum asiaticum (spider lily). The white elliptical egg sacs are about two to three times the size of the spider and are attached inside the nest. Twelve different displays were identified during fights between males, including pushing, possibly to assess the weight of the other male.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 182744.