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This beautiful peacock spider was only found two years ago—now it could be dancing its last dance

Maratus tasmanicus. Credit: Shane Walker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY If you notice a tiny, strikingly colored spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. New species of peacock spider are discovered every year; the tally is now 113. One newly discovered species, Maratus yanchep, is only known to exist in […]