Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

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A good introduction to Australian Jumping & Peacock Spiders can be found at:

http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1096

Also view a catelogue of Australian peacock spiders at:

http://www.arachne.org.au/_dbase_upl/PECKHAMIA_148.1.pdf

Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

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YumiCallaway wrote:

18 Nov 2024

Hi everyone, great discussion, I agree with @Husky and @Harrisi here and have just changed the ID. Glad I stumbled across this, I see it's been 6 years! I will leave a few notes here :)

I would recommend https://www.peacockspider.org/ which has been built up by Jurgen Otto for some splendid photos of various peacock spiders. It may help with your future quests to find a visual ID! As Stuart has said, the number of Maratus species only continue to grow (over 110 now), so start off with the ones that look like yours.

Beginning with the abdomen, you might notice that there are quite a few males who have a very similar abdomen pattern as this one! I like to think of it as a circle with dots in the middle; though it isn't quite so. Look closely at the carapace — how are they different? Colour, pattern? Are there any shapes you can recognise?

It is well worth a look putting some of these photos next to each other to spot some differences :)

Maratus splendens

Harrisi wrote:

10 Nov 2024

Yay team!

Maratus anomalus

Hejor1 wrote:

21 Apr 2024

Possibly O. sexmaculata, or O. grassator?

Opisthoncus sp. (genus)

Harrisi wrote:

15 Apr 2024

100% thanks Michael.