Familiar Friday - Peacock Spider

 

In the world of cute spiders, there are too many contenders, but my personal pic and one that I think would make a wonderful familiar to a spider-keeper is the Peacock Spider. A friendly (well, actually, not friendly, if they fan themselves out make themselves big they’re probably telling you to go away, though luckily their venom doesn’t have much if any affect on humans) face from Australia, the males perform an adorable mating dances and contests for females using their iridescent abdomens. 

 

This one has a happy face for a dance (he’s still probably telling us to go away, though). I swear some adorable non-jumping spiders will commence eventually, but I mean they are the ideal pick for ‘cute’ spiders.