Moroccan Flic-Flac:Spider Gymnast

Monday, May 5, 2014 - 03:11 in Biology & Nature

A paper in Zootaxa describes a new species of spider, Cebrennus rechenbergi, the only spider that is able to move by means of flic-flac jumps. The nocturnal spider Cebrennus rechenbergi lives in the sand desert Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the Algerian border. read more

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