 Portia fimbriata , sometimes called the fringed jumping spider , is a jumping spider ( family Salticidae ) found in Australia and Southeast Asia . Adult females have bodies 6 @.@ 8 to 10 @.@ 5 millimetres long , while those of adult males are 5 @.@ 2 to 6 @.@ 5 millimetres long . Both sexes have a generally dark brown carapace , reddish brown chelicerae ( " fangs " ) , a brown underside , dark brown palps with white hairs , and dark brown abdomens with white spots on the upper side . Both sexes have fine , faint markings and soft fringes of hair , and the legs are spindly and fringed . However , specimens from New Guinea and Indonesia have orange @-@ brown carapaces and yellowish abdomens . In all species of the genus Portia , the abdomen <unk> when the spider is well fed or producing eggs . 
