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title: "Common Peacock Spider"
description: "Maratus pavonis — Insekten & Spinnen. Maratus pavonis is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae), endemic to Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/common-peacock-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Peacock Spider

> Maratus pavonis — Insekten & Spinnen. Maratus pavonis is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae), endemic to Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Maratus pavonis*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1426
- Wikidata: [Q2970481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2970481)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53599](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53599)

## Names

- en: Common Peacock Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1264)

## Summary

Maratus pavonis is a species of jumping spider (Salticidae), endemic to Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
The species epithet, pavonis, derives from the Latin, pavo, pavonis, meaning "peacock".

The male holotype is tiny, measuring just 4.34 millimetres (0.171 in). In courtship, males in the Maratus genus extend their elongated third legs,
and only the male is so brightly and beautifully coloured.
For its likeness and differences from Maratus splendens, see Otto & Hill (2011).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maratus_pavonis

## Photo

![Common Peacock Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-peacock-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: corunastylis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37299365

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-peacock-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).