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Jumping Spiders

April 5 , 2019 1932 days 862 0
  • A team-led by arachnologists Rajesh Sanap, Dr. John Caleb and biologist Anuradha Joglekar announced that they had discovered a new species of jumping spiders in Mumbai.
  • The new species has been named Jerzego sunillimaye.

  • Spiders are microhabitat specialists and are sensitive to sudden changes in their habitat, which makes them the ideal environment indicators.
  • Spiders are important creatures as they are pest-controllers.
  • They are like the tigers of the microhabitat world.
  • Pulling them out could cause ecological imbalance.
  • Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists.
 

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