Spid-a-boo 2 (Jotus remus)

About a year ago I discovered a previously unknown species of spider, a species with strange paddle-like structures on its third pair of legs. After a while I figured out what these were for, they are used as some kind of lure. I documented that in Spid-a-boo, but despite watching this for hours it didn’t become clear why the male was doing it. After several more months I finally managed to capture this footage. Makes sense now ? The male is obviously trying to find a female that does not attack him, that’s
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