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Peacock spider

Maratus volans

名字的由来： The genus name Maratus refers to peacocks, because the males' display is compared to a peacock's fan. The specific name volans is Latin for "flying".1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蜘蛛

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The peacock spider is a tiny jumping spider from Australia. Males are brightly coloured, and they show off with a fan of flaps on their abdomen and a dance to win a female. Its eyesight is so good that it can see ultraviolet light, which helps it hunt.1

生活在

Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania1

澳大利亚和大洋洲

首页

Most peacock spiders live on the ground, in leaf litter or on dry twigs. This species lives in many kinds of places, from sand dunes to grasslands.1

长度

5 mm (0.2 in)1

最高速度

约 0.6 公里/小时（0.37 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts insects and other spiders during the day. It does not use webs. It stalks its prey with its keen eyesight, then chases and leaps onto it to deliver a fatal bite.1

Peacock spider的照片 — Peacock spider。照片：Lek Khauv。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Males are red, blue and black, with flap-like extensions on the abdomen that have white hairs and can be folded down.1
Females and young spiders are brown, with colour patterns that set them apart from related species.1
Both sexes reach about 5 mm in body length.1
The males raise their abdomen and spread the flaps into a white-fringed, circular field of colour during courtship.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，用冰袋冷敷止痛。如果疼得厉害、疼痛扩散或感到不适，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

小到能坐在你的指甲上

Peacock spider和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Peacock spider 约 0.6 公里/小时 (0.37 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Some males can change their scale colours from red to green to violet with slight movements, because their scales reflect light in a special way.1

Peacock spiders can jump up to 40 times their own body length.1

They have eight eyes and can see ultraviolet light as well as the full visible spectrum.1

Males dance and vibrate their abdomen for an average of about 24 minutes to win a female, and the dance can last from 6 to 50 minutes.1

Females of this species are thought to mate only once.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The male spider uses its colourful flaps as wings to help it glide or sustain its leaps.

真相： This belief has been debunked by the Australasian Arachnological Society.1

给毒液专家

学名: Maratus volans
类别: 蜘蛛
家人: Salticidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 澳大利亚和大洋洲
宝宝: Females dig nests underground in December and lay between 6 and 15 eggs per clutch. Some females have several broods in a season.1
寿命: 约 1 年1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3