Top 15 Weirdest Insects and Spiders in the World
Peacock Spider
Facts
- Scientific name: Maratus volans
- Habitat: Australia
Appearance
Peacock or spider? Both!
Wow! What a colorful spider! The peacock spider has colorful stripes on its head and a kind of plate with shimmering scales on its abdomen. It can raise this up, just like how a peacock spreads its beautiful feathers. Both animals use this trick to impress the ladies. To see the peacock spider’s colorful plate, you’d need pretty good eyes: these insects only grow to 0.14 to 0.23 inches (3.8 mm to 6 mm) and are very fast.
- Table of Contents:
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Peacock Spider
- 2. Puss Moth
- 3. Planthopper
- 4. Giant Silk Moth
- 5. Bush Cricket
- 6. Rainbow Scarab Beetle
- 7. Feather Horned Beetle
- 8. Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
- 9. Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar
- 10. Scorpion Fly
- 11. Elephant Hawk-Moth Caterpillar
- 12. Giraffe Weevil
- 13. Cionus Hortulanus Weevil
- 14. Flannel Moth
- 15. Treehopper