"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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...