Dimorphic Jumping Spider

Maevia inclemens

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Maevia inclemens is a relatively common and colorful jumping spider of North America. In the males there are two forms, a very rare phenomenon in zoology. These use different courting displays,:3-4 and differ in appearance: the "tufted" morph has a black body and pedipalps ("palps"), three black tufts across its "head", and pale legs; and the "gray" morph has black and white stripes all over its body and legs, orange palps, and no tufts. However, each...

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  1. (c) Meghan Cassidy, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Meghan Cassidy
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maevia_inclemens

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