Peacock Spider 4 (Maratus sarahae)

Peacock spider Maratus sarahae from the Stirling Ranges in Western Australia. Slowing down the moves and cutting out moments where the spiders remain stationary brings out the tremendous elegance of their moves. For a longer video about this species watch Peacock Spider 5 In a recent post on tumblr which has been widely shared sections of this video are used and the spider is called Maratus volans, that name is wrong ! For still images of this species visit my s