In 2005 I stumbled across Maratus volans in Sydney and after learning that it was suspected to spread out a pair of colourful flaps I played around with it. At the time nobody had observed this behaviour, let alone photographed or filmed it, and the female was unknown to science. In 2008 I photographed its courtship display for the first time, and this sparked a passion that sustains me to this day. I went on to find many more species, some unknown to science that I am now also naming and describing with my dear friend David Hill. It is my aim to bring as many to your attention as possible. Photographing and filming these spiders, or researching them is not my profession, it is a hobby that I do after hours and on weekends and that I finance with licensing this content.
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www.peacockspider.org
www.facebook.com/PeacockSpider/
www.flickr.com/photos/59431731@N05/albums
For enquiries email me (Jurgen Otto): jurgenotto8@gmail.com