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A jumping spider on Aciphylla. Apologies for my image.

5mm

Kept turning to face me waving its front legs.

under bark of Totara tree

Obsreved at night

Common in Dracophyllum / Sporadanthus bog.

Found under rocks, during rhe day

found under rocks

Coastal rocks

Another very common salticid around my house and garden.

Hiding, well-camouflaged, under shaggy fuschia tree bark.

found on my shirt while walking through Peel forest

8 mm On Coastal boulder

Found suction sampling in a red clover seed crop.

very dark jumping spider, currently in a jar in case it needs freezing (poor thing)

under bark

this adorable tiny jumper was in the washing basket

This little guy decided to setup shop in the bathroom sink. I put it on a tree outside

Found above the tree-line,

Adult female - in forest

Common under rocks on rock tors in the (sub-)alpine zones.

Found above the treeline, in subalpine scrub.

in sparse vegetation (mostly grasses) on limestone bluff above high water mark

Very red appearance cf golden browns

Salticidae: Marpissa marina

under a rock in the intertidal zone near high tide mark

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Very cool, not seen this colouring before (I'm not local to the west coast tho)

Trite?

just the one spotted (by chance!)

Outer Waitemata Harbour seashore, in the vicinity of Hobson Point, Orakei, Auckland. Beach.

Masefield Beach, Herne Bay/Westhaven, Auckland 1011.

Observed on sandstone near shallow rock pools at high tide level.
Approx 10mm in length (see photo 2). And it did jump!

Common in rocky seashore areas within the splash zone. Usually found in silk retreats under rocks. Marpissa marina? Last two photos show the habitat.

Common in retreats under rimu bark.

5mm long brown & white spider - could have been Jumping spider

Found amongst rocks in the spray zone along a rocky coast. Last photo shows habitat.

About 5mm long, very bright white palps waving rapidly

On well weathered fallen tree trunk by the side of the track.

Same position exactly as this observation

On stump next to seat at the upper No. 1 lookout.