Peacock Spider

Posted by Johnny Cat in Animal, Pictures on November 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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Peacock Feather Wedding Dress

Posted by Miss Cellania in Fashion on March 31, 2009 at 3:39 am


This wedding dress valued at 1.5 million dollars is made from 2009 peacock tail feathers! It was unveiled at a recent wedding expo in Nanjing, China. Link -via J-Walk Blog

 
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