Peacock Spider 9 (Maratus amabilis)

Courtship of the peacock spider Maratus amabilis which occurs in eastern Australia
Music in order of appearance, all from the premiumbeat website :
Together we can (Ben Beiny)
Dry and hot in Texas (Francesco D'Andrea)
Simply Blue (Phil Gardiner)
Dagger (Nicolas Major)
Coast (Peter McIsaac)
Smells Good! (Martin Riopel)
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[@EpicWildlife]

Awesome, what a beautiful spider and amazing rituals.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

Your work in this area is a marvelous addition to science and culture. You're promoting peoples' love of nature. There is a reward in Heaven for guys like you!

[@judiroth7855]

Love, love, love your work in filming these charming little guys. Thank you❤️❤️❤️👏🌈🌈👍❤️

[@marisolpintos8427]

iI love it! The most amazn display. Never have i seen this kind of display frm spiders. Thanks to u the world can now share this beautiful spider and its fantastic displays. i just keep going frm one clip to the nxt. I'll never get tired... its awsum

[@Cyanmint]

It's really awesome that you've published all these videos online and put up your paper for free too. Excellent work, and I hope you and your friend are doing great in the field! I've subscribed to your channel for any other awesome biological discoveries. Good luck!

[@Peacockspiderman]

Cyanmint Thanks for your appreciation !

[@MrBelida]

beautiful spider and also your high quality of movie and musics ,love. it

[@AudioSlut]

These guys are soooo funny. They make me think of break dancers in the 80s doing the robot when they try to mount a female. You always pick the right music too for the video soundtrack, they seem like they are dancing along with it. These are therapy videos! :)

[@hollyguthrie5107]

+Christine Rage It doesn't help the 80's theme with them seeming to have an orange headband on too, kinda like 80's sweatbands XD

[@greeneyesmexico]

So amazing. I have a moderate arachnophobia, but these little guys I found adorable! Amazing how nature can create something like this. WOW.

[@notmyname3487]

I know right?

[@soyking4412]

Aw man these ones are real charmers. XD Can't blame the females for falling for it though, they did some nice funky moves. Good job little guys and thanks for the music.

[@0_Ynka_0]

I love those videos of the Peacock spider. :) They are so cute. :)

[@DominoPianomusic]

Love music and images ! Amazing and funny guy. Thanks for sharing -- Domino

[@brianeversham2985]

Superb work, and a great service to science that you share it in such approachable and enjoyable ways! Thanks also for making your published paper available freely - much appreciated!

[@Peacockspiderman]

Brian Eversham Thanks for your comment. It is good to know that my efforts to make all this available are appreciated !

[@L.Parisi]

I absolutely love that pulsing fur

[@vickib4063]

Great video showing how the male twists the lower part of her body around to mate. Fascinating.

[@bernardinelermite1133]

Not only it is beautifully filmed, but you also find the perfect soundtrack for each sequence. Amazing work. Thank you for sharing !!

[@gecko36a]

A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO OF THESE WONDERFUL SPIDERS..

[@LisaODavis]

Great music too!

[@jacquelinebollinger992]

Great photgraphy! Love the way you coordinated their movements with the fabulous music selection! Interesting critters!

[@RubyVulpix713]

I'd never thought I'd say this, but they're kinda cute. For a spider.

[@dawnskreamer7476]

So sweet! The little 'tail' wag @ 5:16 makes me grin.

[@Peacockspiderman]

Yes, these spiders have certainly ways to communicate using vibration and sound. I wish I could add this to my videos

[@Jimboblovecamo]

It's beautiful

[@Torn80cj]

Awesome video, especially like it around 2:27 when the male does that rapid bouncing up and down move while trying to get the female's attention.

[@darkcashyz]

This is astounding as we don't have such species in Thailand. Thank you for this. Guys like you make internet more meaningful.

[@Helluvaboss6547]

I love it so much 💝❤

[@Igmu89]

I love how he holds her head down like...easy there.....eaaaasy there...don't EAT me....VERY cool. Thank you so much for this. I've been lighty studying Jumping Spiders since I caught my first female as a 8 year old and named her "charlotte" lol. Facinating little guys.

[@vickib4063]

That is the best picture yet of showing how he twists her abdomen around to mate. Really fascinating.

[@ok7662]

+Vicki B Is it normal for spiders to turn the abdomens upside down? Doesn't that hurt? O.o

[@vickib4063]

Ouch. My thoughts exactly. I have no idea if it's normal or not. I just found it an interesting thing for a spider to do. Amazing footage capturing that exact moment. They are such tiny creatures. I would love to see one in the wild.

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thanks ! Ja, ich habe Biologie studiert und bin als Acarologe beschaefigt. Die peacock spiders sind mein Hobby. Gruss, Jürgen

[@Wheelsandolbaby]

I love your work, it's amazing! this is the only species of spiders I'm not afraid of! 😄 they're so beautiful and the courtship rituals of the males are so unique and extraordinary, I love watching them, thank you so much for your hard work

[@ElenaBulik]

can't stop smiling! Love them! great music also!

[@Lartayy]

He's very cute, waving 'Hello' to us at the start there.

[@Peacockspiderman]

Hi there, nice to hear from you. I have subscribed to your channel some time ago, love your voice ! Greetings to Germany (I am from there too)

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thank you

[@OceanPlantsLove]

SO COOL!

[@davedowner8593]

think I have all 9 now, -and more- Thanks Jurgen.

[@_sushirolled_]

This video actually has shown me how cute spiders can be. I used to hate them to death but now they are my favorite little critter. XD

[@noneya8831]

lol love these lil guys

[@sandramartens2763]

So cute

[@13thMaiden]

Peacock spider, the greatest of the club-dancing spiders :D

[@nikkigunnoe3090]

Amazing! You had to have been so excited to find a whole colony of them!! Amazing work!!

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thanks Nikki, yes, finding them is exciting stuff, glad I can share it with you

[@derkrebskandidat8911]

Wie er noch mal hingeht, nachdem sie ihn weggestoßen hat... "Komm schon, Schätzchen...du willst es doch auch"😂

[@La_to_the_Bay]

I freaking just love how they are all so different! I have found my new creature obsession

[@Peacockspiderman]

Hi Jill, nice comment, thank you. I must admit I had to look up 'kawaii'. I agree on your assessment of jumping spiders in general, it is really hard not to like them. Yes, 'amabilis' can be translated as 'lovable' or 'lovely'

[@tracyscanlon4587]

Donnelle loves this one!

[@Peacockspiderman]

Great ! Thanks

[@MenxiGoblinQueen]

so precious~

[@SpikedPearl]

Love it! ... and this kind of music is a great choice ^^

[@emwatson3789]

It's so cute!

[@Roachrancher]

Omg man, I was always fan of arthropods, but these videos make me laugh loud, they are so damn cute! Excellent videos, congrats! :D

[@Peacockspiderman]

This rapid bouncing is quite interesting. One needs to slow it down to see what's going on. I did a couple of scenes with a highspeed camera at 1000 frames/sec which showed that the opisthosoma is hitting the ground repeatedly

[@SimGandr_PoW]

I am normally very aversive with the jumping spiders (cause over here in the netherlands you have the zebra striped ones and they can bite painfully...) but these colourfull ones are cute looking... It even looks like they have little mittons on with which they rub out their eyes... :) Very nice and very clear taped...

[@DanielZurek]

I just wanted to give you a big thank you for making these tremendous videos available! I research salticid vision and show some of your footage in lectures. The quality and editing keeps getting better and better, absolutely pro level. Also, they go a LONG way in getting people to like spiders more.

[@Martin2875]

Awesome..!! thank you. I love spiders and never put them 'back outside'. Nice one.

[@dlruw]

They are beautiful spider

[@amyguessmusic]

These are just too cool!!

[@thatduckieYT]

This guy gets more action than some of my friends. lol

[@1glitchninja]

Wow it's so pretty

[@lucky121989]

They're so awesome I wish I had one for a pet :)

[@L.Parisi]

:O Outstanding 5 millimeters dancing skills.. oOOo

[@param1n597]

Lol

[@dwsproductions3501]

There seems to be 2 different species (or subspecies?) here, as one has a bright orange uni-brow and the other has deeper orange spots behind the eyes. The center pattern of the dorsal abdomen is slightly different as well.

[@Peacockspiderman]

DWsProductions well observed, one of them is from the sydney area the other from further north. Meanwhile I have found 1 or 2 other distinct populations. Whether one calls these varieties, subspecies or species is more or lass a matter of taste

[@donexhynsonjr.9927]

i like it

[@Peacockspiderman]

I in fact described (named) Maratus harrisi. I have some footage as well but not enough for a video. Yes all these species only occur in australia

[@CameRoNhAWkiNs]

why cant I dance like this!?

[@MadroneHumanRights]

totally awesome

[@TheoryTheory2222]

I wonder what caused the female to kick him off? at first glance it seems the same as all the other attempts but if you look closely, on the other attempts the male flicks the bit on the end of the abdomen (dont know its name) whilst mounting, however on the failed attempts, he failed to flick, perhaps she was displeased

[@CTimmerman]

I think those are his spinnerets, the things that shoot web.

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thanks, nice comment

[@mikeplaysit]

Funny, I had a girlfriend that I had to approach the same way each time we had sex.

[@Peacockspiderman]

Danke Rüdiger. An slow motion hatte ich schon gedacht. Ich habe mir auch eine kleine Kamera gekauft die 1000 frames pro Sekunde schafft. Vielleicht mache ich mal was damit. Die schnellen Bewegungen dieser Spinne kann man nur in slomo auflösen

[@Kakashi713]

Damn this guy is a ladies man! 3 females accepted him, that courting dance is something different than the rest.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

*reads other posts* ... damn .. now I have to find no. 7 - I thought this was good, really do like the whole 'peek-a-boo' thing he's got going on - hope it worked for him. Great footage, nice music selection

[@alondragib2373]

oh my god,,,!! i like the spider.

[@CameRoNhAWkiNs]

lol these videos are so funny

[@kjminniti]

Yes, this is a very interesting variation on the drumming. I also suspect that is the function of the pulsing setae during the breeding act - they remind the lady that this is a suitor rather than either prey or predator, so she doesn't attack him. Short memory if she forgets mid-coupulation that she agreed to the tryst, eh? ;D

[@islandbirdw]

Your videography is first rate. I can’t imagine how many hours it must have taken in the jungle setting up and waiting for the little guys to get dancing! It looks as if the males have to be quick on their toes! They seem to try and put the females into some sort of a trance and they test it before they’re all in so to speak or perhaps she’ll eat him?

[@MrJonsound]

love how each one seems to be a palette for gods finger

[@Peacockspiderman]

Good on yer !

[@Peacockspiderman]

There will be a number 10, but not sure when, thanks for watching them all

[@ItzSnoopySNAIL1122]

That female got it good tho.

[@denisebui8728]

Wow

[@Bananhjerne]

Thank you! Lovely series about a beautiful and endearing species. I kept thinking of corny love songs and come-ons during the videos (je t'aime - moi non plus, I'm gonna make love to ya woman, I'm gonna booglarize ya baby and one from Tom and Jerry). Also, I could readily see text bubbles during the closer scenes. He waves legs: I love you THIS much! She wipes her eyes: Oh, you're just teasing... Moves closer: No, really! Turns away and tilts head back: Bet you say that to all the other girls!

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

I love your videos. Your close up of the hairs and everything else have shown me a world that has been invisible humans. Thank you again. I do not believe humans have any common ancestors with spiders. They are so different in every visible way.

[@Peacockspiderman]

James King Thanks James, today's cameras really have given us new eyes with which to explore our surroundings again, and it is no surprise we now discovering a previously hidden world. Well, as a biologist I am convinced humans and spiders do have a common ancestor, obviously a long way back.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

Peacockspiderman Thank you very much for answering the sort of personal question about your thoughts on common ancestry. I love how technology has made so much of the world a little bit better ...at least some of the time.

[@maciejuchniewicz]

James King One thing is certain, spiders and humans have some funky moves. :)

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thank you for commenting

[@Hobgoblin4447]

Do you suspect that the display of the male, who is clearly smaller than the female, is orchestrated to make him look taller and bigger than the female, so that he will not be eaten? Any number of animals go out of their way to appear larger than they are, so that they will seem less vulnerable. Otherwise, that raising of the male on his legs like stilts seems odd. Certainly, being related to the jumping spider, the peacock spider has to be pretty smart.

[@Peacockspiderman]

+Hobgoblin4447 that is certainly an interesting ide and may well be true

[@Hobgoblin4447]

Got to say that I love your peacock spider videos. I'm a big fan of jumping spiders down here in Louisiana, as they are useful, tidy, fairly social, never in the way, and non-aggressive. I wish there were more KZbin videos of them, but having no quality camera, I would not be the one to make them.

[@notmyname3487]

I'm also wondering if the colours and patterns have any hypnotic properties, considering that south American birds often use strange feather movement and colour patterns to confuse their mates and scare them so they think they're powerful in some weird sense. I know as a hypnotherapist I like staring at them.

[@Kev90Ko]

Das du aus Deutschland kommst, kann jeder an deinem Namen erkennen^^ Achja und ich schließ mich Rockabillie an :) Echt super Aufnahmen. Grüße aus Deutschland

[@arxsyn]

He looks like a hippie with the headband and all the while doing the YMCA dance

[@HellDoggyjr]

Soo cute

[@markissboi3583]

Like to hear Get yah jiggy with it played or some 80s Disco song Pump the Jam etc seems legit :)

[@Z1Designs]

These are so cool! Thanks for the time put into these videos, never have I saw these before! This is incredible :) Is it a defensive act why they do this? Very cool, editing and camera work is great!

[@Peacockspiderman]

Thanks for commenting. No, this is not a defensive pose, the male is courting a female, like in birds of paradise

[@MrJonsound]

wow, so much thanks for putting this in my eye, most fascinating subject in years, can you post pictures as well?

[@DirectorNabeshin]

That looks painful when the male rotates her abdomen 180 degrees. I wonder how far their abdomens can turn and twist like that?

[@Peacockspiderman]

Amazing indeed, I had the same thoughts

[@KidsWithGuns1992]

Any other show pony spiders like this that exist?

[@snazzrin.7185]

I NEED ONE!!!

[@marykgiven9543]

I find myself chair dancing with spiders. How messed up is thst???

[@icaruseyes7383]

If I were a spider, I would be a peacock spider.

[@saltyshibes6247]

Me too!

[@dominikpajer8701]

Little spiders :D

[@Peacockspiderman]

rate of success, that's a difficult one. Most of the females a male will encounter will already be mated, so I think the rate is very low. The males seem to put an enormous amount of effort into courting the wrong females

[@carolynhosler5538]

GOOOOAAAAL!!!!!

[@Peacockspiderman]

you can find pictures of all of these spiders on my flickr collection. Just google "flickr jurgen otto" and look for my collection of peacock spiders

[@floodingtheoceansx3149]

OOO OOO ME! LOL

[@Peacockspiderman]

I can understand