Heteropoda davidbowie
Heteropoda davidbowie, a rare Malaysian spider, has been discovered and named by biologist Peter Jaeger, who has found 200 new species of arachnids in the past decade. The naming of new species after rock-stars is now weirdly uncommon, as there are animals named after Mick Jagger, Sid Vicious, Jerry Garcia, Frank Zappa, etc. We featured Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi in May of 2008.
“There is nothing I’d like better than having a jellyfish named after me” – Frank Zappa.
