Salticidae (I think) Mating Dance - Video

[Mr. Mordax]

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=24530

Make sure you have the sound on.

 

[Pulk]

three threads down

four days ago

ten days ago

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Aww, dammit! This is what I get for rarely frequenting the spider forum. --> at self

In my defense, I wasn't originally going to post it, but Lori said I should. :8o

 

[xgrafcorex]

well, i had never seen it before, so thanks for posting it. :}

 

[8+)]

Several years ago I found a sight that had very short clips (was a time of DU then) of several different species, it was fascinating to see the variations in the dance. They used the same grid background, so could be the same person/people. Hopefully we'll see more full length vids soon!

I just found it! Movies of Jumping Spider Courtship

This whole "Tree of Life" site is really cool. They also have lots of Latro images.

 

[Pulk]

cool, thanks for the link!

are there any other spiders that have complicated courtship dances like that?

Edit: the ten days ago was supposed to be this link.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

Well, at least I helped out Xgrafcorex.