What’s a peacock spider?
2 weeks, 1 day ago

What’s a peacock spider?

The Hindu  

Life in the wild is tricky. In the case of the iridescent, vibrantly coloured peacock spider, if you didn’t get your dance moves right and woo your partner you may get eaten. Scientists believe that we may have only discovered a small fraction of the peacock spiders and many species of peacock spider are just waiting to be recognised. Did you know that scientists distinguish between the different species among the peacock spider based on their distinct dances? Dance for your life So what’s special about the dance of the peacock spider?

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'Finding Nemo': Meet the Newest Peacock Spider Species Recently Found in Australia
3 years, 7 months ago

'Finding Nemo': Meet the Newest Peacock Spider Species Recently Found in Australia

News 18  

The newest member of peacock spiders has been recently discovered by Sheryl Holliday, an ecological field officer for Nature Glenelg Trust and citizen scientist. Sheryl, who has been chasing peacock spiders for the past three to four years, found this spider looked different. Owing to these investigations and different characteristics, Schubert and his team formally identified the new species of …

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