The goal of this protocol is to manipulate the color patterns of jumping spiders and other very small arthropods with paint in order to study questions related to sexual selection, sexual cannibalism, predation, aposematism, or any other field of animal coloration.
Ihle, M., Taylor, L. A. Manipulation of Color Patterns in Jumping Spiders for Use in Behavioral Experiments. J. Vis. Exp. (147), e59824, doi:10.3791/59824 (2019).