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Oct 30, 2012 04:55 | #1

Hey everyone,
Well,
have now found these cool little Peacock Jumping Spiders in 4x different locations.
Today's effort was very enjoyable as i watched 3x different mating ritual dances.
here are today's pic's.
enjoy
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PEACOCK SPIDER DANCE 1(Maratus Volans)

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PEACOCK SPIDER DANCE 2 (Maratus Volans)

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Oct 30, 2012 04:56 | #2

wow never seen this before! Very interesting, nice pictures as well

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Oct 30, 2012 05:07 | #3

Great shots Adam,3 thumbs up. We've got some Bracken fern to check out tomorrow. Fingers and toes crossed. I love the lighting on these shots, what sort of flash/diffuser are you using?

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Oct 30, 2012 05:26 | #4

Excellent shots, cool spider!

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Oct 30, 2012 05:40 | #5

Thanks Cookiejay,Mike,
Mat,
I have a yongnuo 565EX on an L bracket and some other adustable brackets so i get the Flash head closer to the end of my lens,and a very sophisticated CANON white lens cleaning cloth wrapped around the Flash head as a diffuser,LOL.
definatley check out the Bracken Fern,
all 4x locations that are up to 100k apart all have Bracken fern (forget what i said earlier about the eucalyptus trees) as todays site had all sorts ,
the females tend to sit on bent over bits about 100mm of the leaf litter and the males are constantly on the move searching for the females.
I tend to find the females 1st then start looking within a 2-3m radius of her.
The males tend to stop and will raise one of their 3rd legs and wave it about as some kind of sign,
this gets the females attention and once he spots her he will hurry to within 300mm and start his dance,I noticed today the Females will sometimes stand up tall on all legs and constantly raise and lower her abdomen in a slow rythmic kinda way(dont know if this is her sign that she is impressed or not) other times she will turn around and plain ignore him, or charge him and scare him away.
Another note,
all 4x sites that i have found them at are within 1- 2k from the coast !
Dunno if you are close to the coast or not.
best of luck

Adam....

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Oct 30, 2012 09:13 | #6

Great shots, cool spider, Adam!

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Oct 30, 2012 09:30 | #7

great series adam.
these guys are fabulous.

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Oct 30, 2012 10:47 | #8

Wonderful set! Cool mating behavior

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Oct 30, 2012 11:57 | #9

Very nice set! Nice colors on this little spider!

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Oct 30, 2012 12:38 | #10

Wonderful shots, what an amazing spider.

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Oct 30, 2012 13:34 | #11

Superb shots.

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Nov 02, 2012 03:12 | #12

Thanks for the kind words every one.

Adam...

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Nov 02, 2012 08:45 as a reply to @ GTV681's post | #13

As much as spiders make me shiver, this is a gorgeous one!

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