Taken in Maui while I was on vacation with my family, I found a palm tree with like 20 spider webs under it, all of them were these Hawaiian Garden Spiders. My phone wasn’t focusing on the spider so I put my hand veeeery close behind it, but never actually touched it.
I love the pattern of them! It’s so striking!
Isn’t that a mating dance, or is it both?
Could be! tbh I might be misremembering. I know a few jumping spooders wave around the legs if they feel threatened, but this might be different because it’s all pretty-like.