Body decoration

Body decoration was a part of every salticid culture. It involved scavenging or creating decorations which were then attached temporarily or permanently to the body as adornment.

Differences From Human Body Decoration
Unlike humans, salticids never wore clothes, due to a lack of both the concept of modesty and physiology involving body heat. Body decoration for salticids ranged from limited to extreme, but was entirely based on aesthetics. Also unlike humans, due to the sturdy nature of arthropod exoskeletons and the fact of molting, permanent modification of the body was seen more often.

Materials
Materials used in salticid body decoration include:
 * Pieces of spider exoskeleton, collected from dead bodies or exuvium, from the wearer or another spider;
 * Exoskeletons from other arthropods, mainly insects and especially colorful beetles;
 * Bone plates, hollowed or thinned into decorative wafers;