アメリカ自然史博物館のインスタグラム(amnh) - 8月6日 12時29分

Tiny peacock spiders make up for size in pizzazz! Males, like the Maratus volans pictured here, are only about 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) long, but they’re famous for their flashy midsection and leg-raising mating dance. To enchant a female, they display a flap-like body part called a fan. There are more than 40 peacock species including one, Maratus jactatus, that was nicknamed Sparklemuffin for its iridescent scales. It’s a lot to impress a potential mate, but there's a lot at stake: if a female spider doesn’t like a males’ dance moves, she might just eat him alive.
Photo: © Adam Fletcher/Biosphoto/Ardea.com from @pbsnature

[BIHAKUEN]UVシールド(UVShield)

amnh #amnh #americanmuseumofnaturalhistory #newyorkcity #nyc #naturalhistory #didyouknow #factoftheday #animalkingdom #animallove #animallover #sciencerules #naturalscience #naturalhistorymuseum #nhm #historygeek #museum #nature #spiders #spider #critters

canajammy First time I‘ve ever looked at a close up of a spider & didn’t cringe 🙂

robertaallday I just love jumping spiders. They always seem so sassy!

mikhail_avatar PROOF that our alien overlords are already among us...

carlp536 Dance my friend dance! Eaten alive is not an option.

goodnightmammals HE’S AN HONORARY MAMMAL. I LIKE HIS PIZZAZZ.

>> 飲む日焼け止め！「UVシールド」を購入する