I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

“I arrived in Perth and bought a foam mattress for the back of my car – my bed for half of the trip. I stocked up on tinned food, and I headed north in search of these tiny eight-legged gems.”

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I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

Tiny newly discovered spider looks like Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night - CNET

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I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

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Peacock spider that looks like Vincent van Gogh's 'Starry Night' masterpiece discovered by scientists

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