Mating dance
A male peacock spider (Maratus volans) performing his mating dance. His showy abdominal flaps are accentuated with dramatic movements of his third pair of legs.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Description of the use of spider combs.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn how some spiders move across the surface of water.
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© Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn about the web-spinning behavior of the spiders Nephila senegalensis and Araneus diadematus.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.A black-and-yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) capturing a grasshopper in its orb web.
