Talk:Maratus volans

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 September 2020 and 17 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): 17lchang. Peer reviewers: Eanisman, RenaBio472, SatvikR78.

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Picture in public domain.
http://imgur.com/gallery/NxswA doesn't seem to have any copyright attached to it. Pär Larsson (talk) 17:13, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, that's not how copyright works :) The image almost certainly is NOT in the public domain; online images without copyright info are *especially* suspect since we don't know who took the pic, when, if it was published elsewhere, etc.  -- Limulus (talk) 09:30, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Peacock Spiders
Would it be possible to create a new page about Peacock spiders aka peacock jumping spiders or jumping peacock spiders? Or have "peacock spider" direct to the page about the genus Maratus? Maratus volans is not the only spider with this common name. BoundaryRider (talk) 16:42, 9 January 2013 (UTC) THE ARTICLE STATES THAT THE SPIDER IS NOT VENOMOUS AND NO DANGER TO PETS OR HUMANS......ALL SPIDERS ARE VENOMOUS.....EVERY SINGLE ON ON PLANET EARTH!!!!! THEY MAY NOT BE DANGEROUS TO HUMANS FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BUT ALL ARE VENOMOUS!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by EAGLE6348CC (talk • contribs) 03:43, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Suggestions
It seems that this article is a little sparse in content it might be possible to add 1. Part of the male peacock jumping spiders dance includes a clapping motion of his hind legs

2. The male performs this dance to not only attract one female, but many. The male has the capacity to mate several times thus increasing the chance of survival for the entire species.

3. If the male does not impress his attracted female or females, they will proceed to attack the male and eat him.

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Behavioral Ecology Student Suggestions
Hello! After reading this article, one suggestion I have is to break up the Behavior section into Mating, Physiology, and Diet subsections. As a part of the WikiSpiders project outline, there's some really cool information in the behaviors section that can be elaborated on and delimited with these subsections to make a clearer, more targeted article. Akwan826 (talk) 03:13, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Behavioral Ecology Student Suggestions
Hi! A really cool aspect of this article are the embedded picture and video. The picture is extremely close up with very vibrant color and detail, giving the reader a fantastic look at what makes the spider unique. The video shows a courtship ritual which is great because it allows us to actually witness behavior rather than simply reading about it. Another great strength is that the behavior section is detailed and has important information about courtship and hunting; this gives us insight into why their elegant colors are helpful for them. A fascinating thing I learned from the article is that during the courtship ritual, if a female is not successfully courted, they try to kill the male! A “habitat” section should be added, because right now we have absolutely no information on where this spider resides. With the hobo spider, the habitat information taught me that some spider enjoy fields over homes, and I would love to know where the Peacock spider falls on that spectrum. A “parental care” section would be helpful, because we learn that the female sometimes kills the male even after mating, so is parental care for this spider purely from the mother? A “bites” section would have been a good addition, because people often look up spider when they are trying to find out about how dangerous the bites are (in case it happened to them), so it would be good to have it in there. SatvikR78 (talk) 03:13, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Behavioral Ecology Student Suggestions
I found this article really interesting and informative to read. I added in a couple sentences on the Lead section that I thought were important/interesting aspects of this species from later in the article. Based on the description of the purpose of the Lead section, I think that this will be helpful in showcasing some of the interesting and unique aspects of this species and acting as a summary of what's to come later in the article. I also made some minor formatting edits for grammar, clarity, and conciseness. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this article. I especially found the behavioral sections about mating to be really good and thorough. RenaBio472 (talk) 23:47, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review Comment
This article is well organized and easy to read.
 * When I ran it through the copyvio detector it flagged the last few sentences of the name section. I'm not too worried about it because when I looked at the site it seems likely that they ripped this from your wikipedia page as opposed to the other way around but you may want to check it out.
 * To beef up the page I'd recommending seeing if you can source the "citation needed" areas as well as the short unsourced conservation section.

--Eanisman (talk) 20:47, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review Comment
Great article! I changed some of the headings in the Behavior section ("Vibrations", "Female Choice", "Female Aggression", and "Copulation and pre-mount display") to sub headings of the "Courtship" section. All of the information in those sections were related to courtship, and I feel like this organization makes it easier to navigate the page. In your description section, I deleted the sentence about courtship because that doesn't really have to do with the description and it seemed out of place. One suggestion I have is putting your "Sexual Selection" section in the courtship/behavior section. It's really cool information, but there's definitely overlap with courtship and it seems to make more sense in the previous section. Feel free to change back any of the changes I made, I really liked your article and found it incredibly easy to follow along with! SatvikR78(talk) 12:30, 3 November 2020 (UTC)