Male peacock spiders (in the Maratus genus ... is to observe spider-mating behavior in the lab to determine if the males of peacock spider species that have predator-mimicking displays get ...

The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a brilliantly colored fan attached to his abdomen.

Animal dancing isn't just for show—it’s vital for communication, reproduction, and survival in the wild. These animals are ...

The tiny jumping peacock spider — which measures just three to five millimetres — is endemic to Australia. The male is known for an abdomen flap that is intensely coloured and like the peacock ...

"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 ...

Dance, little spider, dance. If you’re good enough, you just might win yourself a mate. Male peacock spiders of the genus Maratus would be notable enough for their brightly colored abdominal flaps.

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 ...

and the elephant spider. Scientists have identified these three new species of peacock spiders in various parts of eastern Australia. Less than a quarter-inch long (five millimeters), male ...

suae can be identified by male spiders' iridescent pink abdomen ... but the first time I saw a photo of a peacock spider online I could hardly believe something so colorful and small was real ...

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 ...