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Thwaitesia argentiopunctata image credit: Wikimedia Commons / Poyt448 Peter Woodard (CC BY-SA 3.0) |
Also, the cells with the this material are not static, and the spider can make them almost disappear when it has the notion. They are not there by chance or at random. If you reflect on it, you can see that our Creator is exhibiting his design skill once again.
The eye-catching reflective patches on the abdomen of this Thwaitesia spider certainly make it one of the prettier arachnids. “Like a disco ball with lots of different mirrors” is how Queensland Museum spider expert Robert Whyte described it, speculating that the shimmery spots “scatter light and make it difficult for predators to see it.”To read the rest of this short but fascinating article about that '70s spider, click on "Mirror spider 'like a disco ball'".
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