peacock
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Biology
This beautiful peacock spider was only discovered two years ago, but it may just be doing its last dance.
Maratus tasmanicus. Credit: Shane Walker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY If you notice that the small, strikingly colored spiders perform elaborate courtship dances, you may have just seen a peacock spider for the first time. New species of peacock spiders are discovered every year. There are currently 113 species. One of the newly discovered species, Maratus yanchep, is only known to occur…
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