Peacock Spider 8

This video features Linnaeus’ peacock spider (Maratus linnaei), a species that is so far only known from Two Peoples Bay National Park in the southwestern corner of Western Australia near Albany. This is the first time the courtship has been filmed. The interactions between female and male in this species are unlike any other species I observed. The males remind me of Spanish bull fighters. You probably ask why the male of this species tries to lure a female towards him that is obviously not interested in m