Home bodies and Nomads

I would like to stress, I dont study insects or arachnids. I know enough about them to maintain a garden, however I do love to learn about things. Curiosity is a magnificent thing and learning should never stop! So, after a bit of research I classified spiders into my own groups. To me, they are either Hunters or Gatherers. Hunters are like the little guy in the photo, I think that he is a little baby huntsman. They are spiders that go out and hunt food for themselves. They typically have very noticeable eyes, with 2 that are particularly large as they usually require good eyesight to find their prey. Gatherers are web building spiders, they sit and wait for insects to get caught up and then wrap them up in silk for a later meal. Their eyes are small as eyesight isnt as important to them. The reason I tell you about the eyes is it is how I tell them apart. If the eyes are tiny or hard to see, then its a spider thats web has been destroyed and is on its way to build another. I feel a little bad for this as it is typically me who has made the poor little bugger homeless. It is has quite large eyes, then it is a gatherer and usually a nomad, wandering from place to place. Please note, this is my own rule of thumb. There are and will always be exceptions to this rule.