I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)
- Written by Joseph Schubert, Entomology/Arachnology Registration Officer, Museums Victoria
Heath Warwick, Author provided
After I found my first peacock spider in the wild in 2016, I was hooked. Three years later, I was travelling across Australia on a month-long expedition to document and name new species of peacock spiders.
Peacock spiders are a unique group of tiny, colourful, dancing spiders native to Australia. They’re roughly...