This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien
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Megapixels: The husk was captured on a specialized macro lens.
Mating can be a real battle in the animal world, but peacock spiders leave their helmets behind—literally. This arachnid exoskeleton came from an adult male Maratus…
via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2Whij97"
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