[3] The name jactatus is Latin for rocking - derived from their signature mating rituals.

Maratus jactatus have the ability to jump lengths up to 50 times their size.

They also spread the flaps from over their inflated opisthomal plate, revealing unique iridescent blue scales "interrupted by three bold transverse bands of red-orange to orange pigmented scales".

[4] Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display, during which they extend their median and posterior fringed spinnerets.

A male presents both the extended spinnerets and his expanded and inflated opisthoma as he faces the female that he courts.