Maratus Hortorum

Peacock Spider season is officially upon us.
The wife and I went out looking today, we found 5 males and one female. Unfortunately I only got photos of two males. For those spider haters out there these little ones don't live in houses and are so small that you would probably not notice them even if you happened to come across one in the garden. To give you a reference the sticks he is sitting on are about 1-1.5mm in diameter. He is a Maratus Hortorum and is only found in the perth region.

Rick

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warrick wrote in post #19088801
Peacock Spider season is officially upon us.
The wife and I went out looking today, we found 5 males and one female. Unfortunately I only got photos of two males. For those spider haters out there these little ones don't live in houses and are so small that you would probably not notice them even if you happened to come across one in the garden. To give you a reference the sticks he is sitting on are about 1-1.5mm in diameter. He is a Maratus Hortorum and is only found in the perth region.

Rick

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jid​iXn Maratus Hortorum by Rick Allen, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jig​eAy Maratus Hortorum by Rick Allen, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jih​vXk Maratus Hortorum by Rick Allen, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jig​ewR Maratus Hortorum by Rick Allen, on Flickr

Interesting!

Lovely shots of a beautiful spider.

Brian V.

What a lovely spider! And excellent shots also.

Great shots of a beautiful spider. This is a variety of jumping spider??

Pigpen101 wrote in post #19089012
Great shots of a beautiful spider. This is a variety of jumping spider??

Yes they are a type jumping spider.
We have about 80 species in Australia that have been described and they are still finding more.
A lot of the work has been done by Jurgen Otto and you can check out his site to find out a lot more about them.

https://www.peacockspi​der.org

Rick

They are spectacular.

really interesting and lovely images Rick
Great reading and they surely are minute beauties.
Very well done

Superb captures.

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19095670
Superb captures.

Thank You