Jumping Spiders: a Booklover's Good Friend 跳蛛：蠹魚的天敵，愛書人的好朋友（雙語）
Because of their principal prey, in Chinese jumping spiders are sometimes called 蒼蠅老虎 cāngyíng lǎohǔ / tsangyng laohuu “[literally] housefly tigers”.
[BEST TAKEDOWN YET!!!! Hyllus diardi hunts down a fly on my hand]
因其捕獵物的方式，及主要以蒼蠅為食，俗稱蒼蠅老虎；又因視力發達，善於跳躍，亦稱跳蛛。潛近獵物時，先逐步靠近，再跳到獵物身上。
Jumping spiders stalk their prey (somewhat like cats), and when the distance is just right, they can leap several times their body length to attack.
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Unlike most insects, jumping spiders have excellent vision due to their eight simple eyes, and their bodies can be quite small: the smallest are only about one millimeter.
有別於一般昆蟲，跳蛛有8隻單眼，而且視力非常敏銳。體型一般不大，最小的只有一毫米左右。
Phidippus Carolinensis Jumping Spider Being Cute
The best thing about jumping spiders is that they are super cute! What’s more, they are very good friends because they eat silverfish, one of my worst enemies.
最好的留到後面，跳蛛長得超可愛！ 更重要的是，因為跳蛛是蠹魚的天敵，所以我把它們視為要好的的朋友！
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Silverfish: a booklover's worst enemy 蠹魚：愛書人的頭號敵人（雙語
https://steemit.com/cn/@wentong-syhhae/silverfish-a-scholar-s-worst-enemy
Chinese Radical (signific) 142 虫 (Bloodsucking Creepy-Crawlies) tiaw.tzao, wentz, shoeijyh, shytz 跳蚤, 蚊子, 水蛭, 虱子 tiàozao, wénzi, shuǐzhì, shīzi
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https://steemit.com/animals/@wentong-syhhae/chinese-radical-signific-142-bloodsucking-creepy-crawlies-tiaw-tzao-wentz-shoeijyh-shytz-tiaozao-wenzi-shu-zhi-shizi
Six Legs Bad, Four Legs Good: More Characters with the 虫 radical (shiyih ching’ua lay har.ma rongyuan bianfwu tsyhwey 蜥蜴 青蛙 癩蛤蟆 蠑螈 蝙蝠 刺蝟)
https://steemit.com/animals/@wentong-syhhae/six-legs-bad-four-legs-good-more-characters-with-the-radical-shiyih-ching-ua-lay-har-ma-rongyuan-bianfwu-tsyhwey
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Do you keep them? 😥😥
Women don't usually like that sort of pet, but my wife told me she has seen some in our apartment. She doesn't kill them because she knows they are beneficial insects.
Before I got married, I kept a praying mantis for a while. I kept it on a "leash" (a thread) and fed it insects. That was cool, but my three cats are constantly on patrol. They kill anything that moves, so insect pets are out of the question. They have even killed a few geckos 壁虎 bìhǔ / bihhuu. Poor things!
好可怕丫...
一般蜘蛛是很可怕，但跳蛛是益蟲，而且臉部很滑稽，討人歡喜！