Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Peacock Spider


 It is a species of jumping spider.
The red, blue and black colored males have flap-like extensions of the abdomen with white hairs that can be folded down.

They are used for display during mating: the male raises his abdomen, then expands and raises the flaps so that the abdomen forms a white-fringed, circular field of color...


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