Two striped jumping spiders

The two striped jumper or Telamonia dimidiata, is a jumping spider found in various Asian topical rain forets, in foliage in wooded environments.

Male Telamonia dimidiata spiders can rech a lenght of 8-9 mm (0.31-0.35 in.) Females spider's body lenght approximately 9-11 (0.35-0.43).

Male Telamonia dimidiata,(Sri Lanka)

The males are very dark, with white markings, and red hairs around the eyes. Females are light yellowish, with a very white cephalus and red rings surrounding the narrow back rings around the eyes.

Two longitudinal bright red stripes are present on the opisthosoma. Female Telamonia dimidiata is larger than the male spider.

Female Telamonia demidiata (Sri Lanka)

Two striped jumping spiders (Telamonia demidiata) is not harmful to human or they are not produce toxin significant to human.

Where can found Telamonia demidiata ?

Telamonia demidiata has a wide spread distribution, which explain why they are spotted in almost all countries. Telamonia is native to Asia and have a huge presence in Indonesia, Iran, Singapore, Pakistan, India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

Outside Asia, they have also been sighted in the United states, especially across Florida and Texas, where there have been many misconeptions about the Telamonia dimidiata.

According to the current reports the Two stripped jumping spiders has a large population in Europe and Africa.

Male two stripped jumping spider (Sri Lanka)

What they eat?

The Telamonia dimidiata is an active hunter with impressive vision and jumping skills that comes alive when hunting. In the wild, it can effectively fend for themselves. Using their excellent vision, the Telamonia dimidiata will stalk their prey, lure them close and pounce on them using trusty jumping skills.

While they have a snack for small insects like mosquitoes, ants , aphids, crickets, flies and more, they will also feed on other smaller spiders. When they are not hunting down prey, their superb jumping skills allow them to evade predators and any perceived danger.

Jumping spiders have pretty short lifespan, so we do not expect the Telamonia dimidiata to live any longer. To be precise, they can live up to six months to one year.