Maratus digitatus, a newly described species of peacock spider. It
displays to the female with inflated spinnerets while tilting the
opisthosoma to one side. During the display the spinnerets twitch. In
this picture you see how the spinnerets are retracted when not used
for the display
peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_104.1.pdf (may take a couple of minutes to download)
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Jurgen Otto
Jurgen Otto
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- Taken on October 10, 2012
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