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Peacock Spider

By Johnny Cat in Animal, Pictures on Nov 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm


Photo: Jurgen Otto

Photo: Jurgen Otto

This is a kind of jumping spider, and it’s only about 5mm in size.  The males have a colorful pattern on flaps that extend from their abdomen during breeding/mating.  In addition to this, they raise their back pair of legs and dance from side to side to win over their plain brown females.

Only found in Australia, they were classified as species Maratus volans because people originally thought the flap was for gliding after jumping. Wiki

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  1. Flux
    Nov 5th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Heh thats cool. When I look at that colored pattern on its lifting up, I swear i see a sort of abstract spider picture.

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    Nov 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    @flux.
    very good. i see it too now.

  3. Miss Cellania
    Nov 5th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    Oh yes, pretty to look at, as long as its a picture. If a real one jumped at me, I wouldn't take the time to admire it!

  4. pwscott
    Nov 5th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I bet he listens to Bob Marley.

  5. Ali S.
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    @ Flux

    Dude...I can see it now. O_O

  6. AO
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am

    John 3:16

  7. NeonCat
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Touchdown!

  8. Ally
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Awww man! I really wanted to someday go to Australia...

  9. Rich T
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    He reminds me of the time Homer glud a wig to George Bush's head when they had that big neighbor feud going.

  10. Fran
    Nov 6th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    JUMPING????? That sucker JUMPS? Eeeek. I'm staying away from Australia.

  11. KIDELVIS
    Nov 7th, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    We got the funk,gotta have the funkow! Where's Bootsy and the rest of P-Funk?

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