The Ladybird Spider (Eresus sandaliatus) showing significant sexual dimorphism. (Male on the right, female on the left)
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The distinctively colored male Ladybird Spider (Eresus cinnaberinus) may grow to 11 mm, much smaller than the females. This species, which may actually be 3 species, is found across Europe, but known to be most common in Central and Southern Europe. The coloration may be mimicking ladybird beetles (family Coccinellidae), which are mildly toxic and distasteful to predators.
(photos: Oscar Mendez)
A small and colorful male Ladybird Spider (Eresus cinnaberinus) slides under the much larger female for a precarious mating maneuver. The males grow to 11 mm, while the females are up to 20 mm in length. This species is found across Europe, though some scientists break up the 3 races of this spider into 3 species.
(photos: Oscar Mendez)
Paxon Identifies Your Motherfucking Spiders (pt. 82):
female Ladybird Spider (Eresus moravicus), from central and eastern Europe. while the males of Ladybird Spiders (Eresus spp.) are smaller and brightly colored (red and black like ladybird beetles), the females are robust and more darkly colored, sometimes with yellow on the face.
(photo: male E. moravicus, by Jorge Almeida)
see male Ladybird Spiders here:
http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/tagged/ladybird-spider
(Source: mewiththeface)
adorablespiders: male Ladybird Spider (Eresus sp.)
Close up of a male Ladybird Spider (Eresus sp.)
(photo: Damian Trzybiński)
This male Ladybird Spider (Eresus sandaliatus) is trying to pick up the scent of a female with organs on his legs, Hoge Veluwe, The Netherlands.
(photo: Viridiflavus)
Ladybird Spider (Eresus kollari), Pfungstädter Düne, Deutschland
(photo: Fritz Geller-Grimm)
Ladybird Spider (Eresus sp.), Piedmont, northern Italy
(photo: Gerard Borel)
theraphosa: Ladybird Spider (Eresus sandaliatus)
