This is a kind of jumping spider, and it's only about 5mm in size. The males have a colorful pattern on flaps that extend from their abdomen during breeding/mating. In addition to this, they raise their back pair of legs and dance from side to side to win over their plain brown females. Only found in Australia, they were classified as species Maratus volans because people originally thought the flap was for gliding after jumping. Wiki Link
(Image credit: Jurgen Otto)
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We got the funk,gotta have the funkow! Where's Bootsy and the rest of P-Funk?
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JUMPING????? That sucker JUMPS? Eeeek. I'm staying away from Australia.
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He reminds me of the time Homer glud a wig to George Bush's head when they had that big neighbor feud going.
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Awww man! I really wanted to someday go to Australia...
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Touchdown!
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