Fighting Spider (Thiania bhamoensis)

Male jumping spiders often have a complex and extensive repertoire of agonistic behaviour. This aggressive fighting behaviour among T. bhamoensis is one of the most fascinating aspects of its biology. For T. bhamoensis, a total of 12 ‘major displays’ can be observed between a male-male interaction (Li et al., 2002):

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Uploaded on September 23, 2015
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