Sparklemuffin isn’t just one of those fun animal names. It is also the name of a peacock spider, so named for their unusual courtship rituals. The male’s brightly colored abdomen and third legs, which wave back and forth in an eerie dance, help them attract a suitable mate. In 2015, a graduate student from the University of California discovered two new species of peacock spiders in Queensland, Australia. She affectionately nicknamed them Sparklemuffin and Skeletor, respectively. Sparklemuffin has blue and red stripes on the belly, while the skeleton has white patches on a black background.