Jumping Spider (Heliophanus flavipes), originally uploaded by Pipsissiwa.
I admit it, I have a massive soft spot for jumping spiders. They are tiny hunting spiders, so they don't spin webs but instead have huge forward facing eyes for spotting prey, judging distance and leaping onto it. They are staggeringly feisty - you get near one and rather than running away, they typically turn round and rear up at you threateningly, waving their front legs around. This species is almost entirely black, with paler legs and almost day-glo pale greeny/yellow palps which make it easy to spot and identify.
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