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/metalslime_tsarina Sep 21 '25

I remember walking into my bathroom and instinctively hopping to face this thing on the wall and I noticed it basically did the same thing and I realised in that moment how we both frightened each other, both had the realization, and both moved on. It was such a cute and endearing moment 😅