The Banded Metallic-Green (Cosmophasis)

The banded metallic-green jumping spider is a species of spider in the genus Cosmophasis, belonging to the family Salticidae. It is striking metallic green with two black bands on the head. While the abdomen is black with two white stripes. Most species of spiders in the genus Cosmophasis tend to be colorful, some of which are orange, sea blue, brown, with different colored bands. Most of the Cosmophasis species are distributed in Southeast Asia, Australia, and some species are found in Africa.

These pictures were taken by me in a forest area of Lhokseumawe, Sumatra. It is quite aggressive, when I captured the photos, several times it jumped on my smartphone. The little jumper looked like it was challenging me.