Elegant Golden Jumping Spider

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Chrysilla lauta

Elegant Golden Jumping Spider, a reference photo
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Chrysilla lauta is the type species of the jumping spider genus Chrysilla. It occurs in rain forest from Burma to China and Vietnam. Although known since 1887, the female was only described in 2024.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Elegant Golden Jumping Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Salticidae
Species
Chrysilla lauta

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