The 53 named species of Maratus spider are found only in Australia, but photographer Jürgen Otto, who has helped to discover 20 new species of peacock spider in the past four years, believes that many others are just waiting to be described.
“The diversity of these spiders is enormous, and new ones keep coming up,” Otto says.
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| photo by Jurgen Otto |
Peacock spiders are a type of jumping spider, related to common jumpers you may have seen yourself. Jumping spiders don't weave silken webs to catch prey, but instead hunt and stalk their prey.
[source: National Geographic]
