See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A newly-discovered species of peacock spider has been named Maratus ...

A new species of spider that resembles Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night” painting has been discovered in Australia. The spider is one of seven new species of Peacock spider identified by Joseph ...

Peacock spiders are hardly the kind of arachnid worthy of fear; these colorful, rice-sized, eight-legged creatures are famous for their bright, rainbow-hued buttocks, elaborate mating dances and ninja ...

If you notice a tiny, strikingly colored spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. As Perth's suburbs sprawl ever further north and south, it means ...

They're fuzzy. They're colorful. And they wave their legs in the air like they just don't care. They're peacock spiders, a group of tiny arachnids that are small in stature but giants in the charisma ...

Maratus azureus: It's common for the male spiders to wave their third pair of legs in a courtship dance OK, a lot of people don't like arachnids. But c'mon, these little guys are simply stunning.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you notice a tiny, strikingly coloured spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock ...