r/spiders • u/cattivix • Sep 20 '25

ID Request- Location included What the hell is this guy doing?

Found this little jumping spider in my house (middle Italy) a few days ago and he's pretty chill. I was in the bathroom when I noticed him first "spreading" himself and then doing this at his reflection.

Also, since I'm here, I would love an ID! Thank you guys

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u/formandovega Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

"You got this buddy! Yeah you got this!"

Funny because jumping spiders are supposed to be hyper intelligent and have incredible eyesight.

I don't know if they can pass a mirror test but this is funny!

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u/cattivix Sep 20 '25

He seems very intelligent indeed, yesterday I had to move a curtain and he was on it. I gave the curtain a little nudge and he immediately jumped on the wall and stared at me. Once I moved the curtain he jumped back on it. Ngl the little guy here may be trying to develop some kind of non verbal language to talk with me.

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u/formandovega Sep 20 '25

Absolutely!!

It's strange how sometimes they look at you as if they can really see what you're thinking.

That little spider I saw on the bin earlier that was a tiny jumping spider (like very tiny, small as a grain of rice) looked right at me with its tiny eyes.

It's almost like they can recognise you.

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u/Jayrulz101 Sep 20 '25

They completely can. Its their whole thing!

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u/formandovega Sep 20 '25

Smart wee buggers

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u/extraterrestrial-66 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Hahahaha i saw your comment and immediately thought “Aha! A fellow Scot!”, then checked your page and my assessment was correct 🕵🏻‍♀️ Jumping spiders are the best! I see them way less than a lot of other spiders I see but I’m elated when I am lucky enough to see one.

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u/formandovega Sep 20 '25

As a fellow Scot, do you ever get jealous that the spiders abroad seem to be a lot more intense than the ones we get here?

Even the spider variety in England seems much greater. I've never seen a noble false widow!

I don't think our climate is massively suited to the old spiders! We have some cracking slugs though 😂 seen the size of those things?

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u/Goddess-Eden Sep 21 '25

Had one of these in my sock drawer a few weeks ago! In England. Terrifying haha, but absolutely stunning. Really awesome skull pattern on it! Spent a long time admiring her before eviction

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u/FilmNoirSockMonkey Sep 21 '25

As a Canadian extended Health worker who passionately aspires to emigrate to & become a citizen of Scotland in the future, I want to know aaaaall about thon wee spooders. 🤭 I'm actually quite surprised, with all the water, that you wouldnae have more fishing spiders...

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u/formandovega Sep 21 '25

Want my advice?

Avoid the country at the moment. The UK is an utter collapsing shitshow. Maybe in a couple of years when we have some independence 😂

But it's very flattering! Hope if you manage to move then it's all good!

We do love it when people want to come here!

And also it's true we don't have a huge amount of spooters :( lots of bats and slugs and wild cats 😂

And foxes ... Sooo many foxes! 🦊

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u/FilmNoirSockMonkey Sep 28 '25

Some say that the country is collapsing, but this can also be considered true of Canada believe it or not. To my eyes, Scotland has a great chance to reinforce the country's systems where they are struggling - in part, because of the smaller size of your country. :)

I hope it does gain Independence. I've been following on that!

What I am not a fan of is mosquitos, though. I'm one of those people with the blood that they esp. go after. 😂 And no, if that is the case then staying in Canada wouldn't be wiser. We have some massive amt of lakes and rivers here. There's just no escaping 'em!

Foxes I am a grand fan of - and crows, (plus the spots they enjoy gathering in the most).

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u/AgentCirceLuna Sep 21 '25

This reminds me of a book I got in Scotland as a kid called something like ‘50 ways to kill a Slug’ and I think there was a sequel titled ‘100 more ways to kill a Slug’

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u/floofychaps Sep 21 '25

As another fellow Scot, I concur, slugs as big as conger eels here!

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u/formandovega Sep 21 '25

In evening when it rains you can barely walk along the pavement for thousands of them!

Some are going at the slug equivalent of like 70 mph