Maratus purcellae, with the common name of Purcell’s Peacock Spider, is a tiny 2 mm peacock spider that is known from some locations in NSW and the ACT. They are so small that often, all you see is just a fleck of gold in the sunlight. It has been observed that the male of this species does not raise leg 3 in it’s courtship display.
Maratus purcellae, NSW by Michael Doe.
(Canon EOS 5d mark iii – Canon MPE 65mm f/2.8 1-5x – Canon MT 24EX)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Maratus
- Species: Maratus purcellae
Footnote & References
- Photographs (Project Maratus) © Michael Doe
- Michael Doe on Flickr – spiderphotography21 and michael doe (Project Maratus)
- Maratus purcellae Otto & Hill, 2013, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Maratus purcellae
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