https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2025/12/19/spend-more-time-your-dog-christmas-151469 <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:10:53 +0000 sb admin 151469 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/06/30/opportunity-costs-and-why-fireworks-complaints-are-year-151451 <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:17:46 +0000 sb admin 151451 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/03/30/virtual-communication-during-social-distancing-how-we-change-when-we-know-were <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:25:13 +0000 sb admin 151445 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/02/07/fhr4-age-related-macular-degeneration-breakthrough-151439 <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:52:20 +0000 sb admin 151439 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/hankcampbell/2019/04/03/eppendorf-science-prize-neurobiology-entries-accepted-until-june-15-2019 <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:38:26 +0000 hank_campbell 151416 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/10/17/5-competition-horses-calmed-by-lavender <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:26:39 +0000 dr. dolittle 150526 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/10/04/cheap-science-books <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:02:43 +0000 gregladen 34556 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/09/29/pigeons-outperform-humans-when-it-comes-to-multitasking <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:51:54 +0000 dr. dolittle 150523 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/27/torturing-more-mice-in-the-name-of-antivaccine-pseudoscience-was-it-fraud-or-incompetence <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:00:40 +0000 oracknows 22631 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2017/09/21/torturing-more-mice-in-the-name-of-antivaccine-pseudoscience-2017-aluminum-edition <span>Weekly Dose of Cute</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5574.jpg">Ok, so this week's cutie might not be everyone's favorite to cuddle with, but standing at only a few millimeters, it's definitely <i>cute</i>. Just look at how small he is compared to a human thumb! I mean, he's positively <i>tiny</i>. Besides, you have to like him a bit because he's brightly colored! So he's small and pretty - what more could you ask for?</p> <p><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Saitis_volans_F3961.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/salticidae/Maratus_volans_F5582.jpg"><br><font size="1">hat tip <a href="http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2009/05/pint-sized-peacock.html">Ugly Overload</a> Photos by Jurgen Otto</font></p> <p>This vibrant little spider is the Peacock spider, <i>Maratus volans</i>. The peacock spider is also called the flying spider, as some thought that brilliant-colored flap was used somehow for flight or gliding. Alas, it's instead like a peacock's tail, used for courtship (as you can see above). He lifts his flap and legs and dances towards the female of his interest in a fantastic, vibrating display. </p> <p>Ok, so not every one of you is wooed by the male's amazing looks. Fine. Don't worry, this pint-sized spider is confined to eastern parts of Australia, so it won't be bugging most you any time soon. Not that you'd know if it did - it's only 5 mm long at most. You probably wouldn't even notice it. </p> <p>Besides, I don't care what you say - anything this miniature is <i>cute</i>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cwilcox" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cwilcox</a></span> <span><time datetime="2009-05-10T22:02:00-04:00" title="Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 22:02">Sun, 05/10/2009 - 22:02</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/cute" hreflang="en">cute</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/maratus-volans" hreflang="en">Maratus volans</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/peacock-spider" hreflang="en">Peacock Spider</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/weekly-dose-cute" hreflang="en">Weekly Dose of Cute</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:00:11 +0000 oracknows 22627 at https://scienceblogs.com