Peacock Spider 12 (Maratus caeruleus)

In September 2014 I travelled to Middle Island, a small uninhabited speck of land a few km from Cape Arid in Western Australia, famous for its bright pink “lake Hillier“ (google it !) as well as the pirate Black Jack Anderson who made the island his home and whose treasures have never been found. As tempting as it may have been to look for them I was after a different type of treasure, a bright blue peacock spider (Maratus caeruleus) that has been found there a couple of years ago. So far no live individuals have been film or photographed and my goal was it to do just that. This video is the result. The female by the way is still “unknown to science“ Middle Island is a remote place, difficult to get to, and the weather there is unpredictable. If it wasn’t for the generous support of the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife, in particular John and Stephanie LIzamore who went out of their way to help me I would never have been able to pull this off. So, big than