Dancing White Lady spider

The wheel spider or golden wheel spider , is a huntsman spider native to the Namib Desert of Southern Africa. This spider should not be confused with ''Leucorchestris arenicola'', a spider sharing the same common name as well as the same locale. The spider escapes parasitic pompilid wasps by flipping onto its side and cartwheeling down sand dunes at speeds of up to 44 turns per second.

Wheel spiders are up to 20 mm in size, with males and females the same size. The wheel spider is a nocturnal,.. more