![]() ![]() This shelters the spider against the sun and predators. It displays this behavior when provoked, e.g., by a congener, a camel spider, a scorpion or a human.”īesides being an accomplished ‘athlete’, the Maroccan spider is also a master builder as proved by tube-like domicile in the sand it erects, attached by silk threads. “This gives the spider great flexibility – uphill, downhill or on level ground, Cebrennus rechenbergi can move along with ease. It was the first species of spider found and documented to project itself across the ground by way of cartwheel-like motions while a similar spider was previously described, the tumbleweed-like golden rolling spider, this spider is restricted in its. ![]() Joel Epalle of Bochum celebrates the second goal with a flic-flac and Michael Tarnat of Hanover looks disappointed during the Bundesliga match. The Moroccan Flic-Flac Spider (Cebrennus rechenbergi) is a species of huntsman spider endemic to the Erg Chebbi, a sandy desert in Morocco. “Like a gymnast, it propels itself off the ground, followed by a series of rapid flic-flac movements of its legs,” explained Dr Peter Jäger from Senckenberg Research Institute, who describes Cebrennus rechenbergi in the Zootaxa paper. Robot inspired by the Moroccan flic-flac spider lies on the ground during the 2018 Hannover Fair at the 'Festo' booth in Hannover, Germany, 22 April. In fact, the common name of the species is the Moroccan flic-flac spider. Called Cebrennus rechenbergi, the spider can perform flic-flac jumps at almost 2 m/sec, allowing it to swiftly cross the desert. Image credit: Ingo Rechenberg.Ī most peculiar spider has been discovered by entomologists in the sandy dunes of Morocco’s southeastern desert, Erg Chebbi. The Moroccan flic-flac spider, Cebrennus rechenbergi. ![]()
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