The world is really strange, today I want to introduce you to other species, is the spider with a shining gem on the ass - the mirror spider! Mirror spider (Mirror Spider), also known as stained glass spider, sequin spider, is a kind of silver plate spider (Thwaitesia), characteristic as their name, lies in the shiny abdomen, bright and charming.
The genus is mostly distributed in the tropics, while the mirror spider was first found in Australia and Singapore; the female spider is about 4.5 cm large, and the male spider is about 2.7 cm, which is considered to be a miniature.
And these reflective, lens-like parts, are composed of guanine cells, not only can change different colors, but also change the size of the sequins when encountering threats; due to less research on mirror spiders, the widow is not responsible for guessing, these sequins should be able to reflect the surrounding environment color, so as to achieve a protective color effect?
They are really beautiful, they are like natural jewelry cabinets, if a bunch of mirror spiders gather together, they can even blind the eyes of predators!