Splendid coloration of the peacock spiderMaratus splendens

Spectral filtering enables trichromatic vision in colorful jumping spiders

(2015) Daniel B. Zurek et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Spiders do have melanin after all

(2015) B.-K. Hsiung et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Blue reflectance in tarantulas is evolutionarily conserved despite nanostructural diversity

(2015) B.-K. Hsiung et al.   Science Advances

Peacock spiders

(2014) Madeline B. Girard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies - thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking

(2014) D. G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sparkling feather reflections of a bird-of-paradise explained by finite-difference time-domain modeling

(2014) B. D. Wilts et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UV-Green Iridescence Predicts Male Quality during Jumping Spider Contests

(2013) Matthew L. M. Lim et al.   PLoS One

Photoreceptor spectral sensitivities of the Small White butterfly Pieris rapae crucivora interpreted with optical modeling

(2011) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Refractive index and dispersion of butterfly chitin and bird keratin measured by polarizing interference microscopy

(2011) Hein L. Leertouwer et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Multi-Modal Courtship in the Peacock Spider, Maratus volans (O.P.-Cambridge, 1874)

(2011) Madeline B. Girard et al.   PLoS One

Structural origin of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the red-backed jumping spider, Phidippus johnsoni (Salticidae: Araneae)

(2010) A.L. Ingram et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Cryptic Color Change in a Crab Spider (Misumena vatia): Identification and Quantification of Precursors and Ommochrome Pigments by HPLC

(2010) Mickaël Riou et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Characterization of the green iridescence on the chelicerae of the tube web spider, Segestria florentina (Rossi 1790) (Araneae, Segestriidae)

(2009) A. L. Ingram et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

The functional morphology of color changing in a spider: development of ommochrome pigment granules

(2008) T. C. Insausti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Imaging scatterometry of butterfly wing scales

(2008) D. G. Stavenga et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS