Happy New Year 2011!
"Theridion grallator, also known as the "happy face spider," is a member of the Theridiidae family.
The Hawaiian name is nananana makakiʻi (face-patterned spider). The binomial grallator is Latin for "stiltwalker", reference to the species' long spindly legs."
Does YOUR "smile" pattern change according to what YOU eat?
"As the pattern may change according to what food the spider has eaten (Gillespie, 1989) and as T. grallator is very small, hides during the day, and is thus not a significant prey item for any species of predator, it is more likely that the bizarre variety of patterns serves no significant adaptive purpose at all."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_face_spider==================
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