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GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
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Shawn
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Sparklemuffin
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150324-australia-peacock-spider-sparklemuffin-new-species
If you don't think of spiders as cute and cuddly, then you’ve never met Sparklemuffin, Skeletorus, and the elephant spider. Scientists have identified these three new species of peacock spiders in various parts of eastern Australia.
Less than a quarter-inch long (five millimeters), male peacock spiders are known for their bright colors and a rolling-shaking mating dance that would make Miley Cyrus jealous.
Skeletorus (Maratus sceletus) got its name from the white markings on the males' dark limbs, which give them the look of a skeleton. Sparklemuffin was the pet name Maddie Girard, a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, gave Maratus jactatus, which has blue and red stripes on its midsection. The report describing these spiders was published on January 20 in the journal Peckhamia.
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chilltocam
LIF Adult
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Sparklemuffin
Sorry, still not thinking they're cute and cuddly (pretty amazing, yes....but definitely not cute and cuddly lol)
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| Posted 8/27/21 2:01 PM |
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RainyDay
LIF Adult
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Sparklemuffin
Pretty colors
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| Posted 8/27/21 2:18 PM |
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Funkybutt
LIF Adult
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Sparklemuffin
Of course they're in Australia!
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| Posted 8/27/21 4:51 PM |
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MissJones
I need a nap!
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Re: Sparklemuffin
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Of course they're in Australia!
Haha!!! Yeah, Australia is not on my bucket list!!!
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| Posted 8/27/21 5:15 PM |
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KarenK122
The Journey is the Destination
Member since 5/05 4431 total posts
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Karen
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Sparklemuffin
What did Australia do to get all these crazy ass bugs. I would pass out if I saw that crawling by me lol.
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| Posted 8/28/21 11:30 AM |
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