Impressive display

© Hayden Cannon

Impressive display

Uploaded: November 16, 2017 | Entered: November 16, 2017 04:37:34

Description

This is a peacock spider part of the Saltacidae spiders or jumping spiders. The males as photographed here have the vibrant colours to impress the females by dancing. This is Maratus speciosus coming in at 4-5mm in size.

This is one of only a few images I have left as I lost all my hard drives and computers to thieves. So I'm going to be slow to post for a while as I get back out to rebuild my photo database and start again...

Comments

Harvey A. Ravitch November 16, 2017

Hayden , the colors, & textures here are Fantastic! Great image! I would Not get that close, Scary! #1699606

Hayden Cannon November 16, 2017

Haha yeah he wouldn't hurt you :-). Thank you for your kind words, I just love these guys. I hope to get more photos next season and hope to capture their dance! #11658297

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