"When [the male] got within a few centimeters of the ... who wrote the paper describing the species and runs the website ...

Social media also played a large role in the peacock spider’s rise to fame when a video of a male spider performing his ...

The arachnid that gets stronger after ejecting its own penis Sparklemuffin peacock spider: The spider with secret iridescent scales that busts a move to win a mate "Male funnel-webs, once they ...

When a peacock spider female is near, a male will wave its third legs in the air in rapid, jerky movements intended to impress the female, Hill says. (Watch a jumping spider stalk a bee.) ...

Does the newly discovered species of peacock spider, Maratus personatus ... Just look at the male M. personatus do a humiliating dance to court females. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce ...

By the way, when you look at a male splendid peacock spider, what stands out is its third set of legs. “The third pair of legs is longer, darker and thicker than the other legs, and has tufts of ...

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Male jumping spiders also jump to escape from ... We studied the Australian splendid peacock spider (Maratus splendens) found both on the Macquarie University campus in Sydney and in the ...

“The spider manipulates the flashing signals of male fireflies ensnared in its web to mimic the typical flashes of a female firefly, thereby luring other males searching for mates,” said study ...

Wildlife experts in Australia said they recently came into contact with the largest male specimen of the world's most venomous spider. Measuring 7.9 cm (3.11 inches), the arachnid named Hercules ...

SYDNEY — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world’s most venomous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park where it will help ...