March 07, 2013

Frighteningly Beautiful Australian Peacock Spider

 
 

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Not a lot of us would choose spiders as an object of admiration, but the tiny Peacock Spider, found in Australia by Jurgen Otto, is exceptionally photogenic fellow! Sydney-based scientist says he wasn't planning on staying there long because of lack of exciting things to shoot, until one day, he came across a mere 5 mm Maratus volans spider with vibrantly colored flaps. Fascinated by the variety of color patterns on the Peacock spiders, Jurgen even captured their mating process on tape.

Website: flickr

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Frighteningly Beautiful Australian Peacock Spider originally appeared on DeMilked on March 6, 2013.


 
 

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