I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

“I arrived in Perth and bought a foam mattress for the back of my car – my bed for half of the trip. I stocked up on tinned food, and I headed north in search of these tiny eight-legged gems.”

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I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky) : r/perth

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I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected seven new species - ABC News

I traveled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species

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I traveled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species

I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)

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