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The peacock spider displays his colorful abdomen in a ritual to impress a female who sometimes eats him anyway.
I've watched documentaries about these spiders dancing to impress their pale colored partners and sometimes after such a display, he gets eaten anyway.
I did wonder at the ID saying female. Expected a drabber female. This page has great images. http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details...
Thank you Mark
Thank you Jae
Thank you amadeus
Thank you Jellis
Thank you Marta
Thank you Leanne
Thank you Ashley for the nomination.
These are fascinating jumping spiders and there are several species.
We saw two. They are not uncommon but I must say I have never noticed them before.
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Beautiful images Martin. I would love to see one of these little spiders! It is way cute. Thank you for sharing :)
Spotted on Oct 14, 2015
Submitted on Oct 20, 2015
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