Peacock Spider 10

Courtship display of a male Maratus avibus. David Knowles (Perth) and I discovered this species at Cape Arid (southwestern Western Australia) in October last year and together with David Hill (South Carolina) I named and described it a couple of days ago. You can download the original description of the spider as well as an overview over related species plus a list of all known peacock spiders here (may take a couple of minutes) The name “avibus“ refers