🕷️😊 Researchers in #Uttarakhand, #India, spotted a spider resembling #Hawaii’s happy-face #spider during ant #biodiversity work.

#DNA confirmed it was a new species, *Theridion himalayana*, with distinct evolutionary origins. Both species evolved their patterns independently.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/himalayan-happy-face-spider/

#spiders #himalayas #arachnid #evolution #genetics #science #discovery