the male pursuing the female. This is unique within the Salticidae. Both male and female spiders actively participate when looking for a partner. Both sexes make vision-based determinations when considering if they want to choose a mate. Most commonly, in E. culicivora, males initiate if the female is inside the nest; but if the female is outside the nest, either sex could initiate display. For initial displaying behavior, males begin with erect posturing and females begin with hunched posturing. It is rare for males to start with dancing directly during initial male-female interaction. Dancing and spurting behavior only happens in males. Zigzag dancing, for example, is very complex and variable. The male lowers or raises his body and steps to the side, pauses, then raises or lowers his body and steps to the side again. This successive zigzag dancing brings a male closer to the female. Males usually direct posturing and dancing to the female's nest, instead of the female. A male usually begins probing at the door immediately after he arrives at the female's nest. Females would hold the door down when the male probes. As the male enters the nest, he taps and probes with his palps. Once his body is partly in the nest, he advances towards the female. The copulatory posture is typical of most salticids. The male's dorsal surface is facing the female and they face opposite directions. Courtship E. culicivora follows two courtship patterns. The choice of courtship depends on both location and female maturity. The first general courtship pattern is the spider's use of visual cues and displays to attract one another when they are outside the nest. The second courtship pattern occurs when they are present at a nest and the males make use of silk-borne signals. During the second type of courtship, cohabiting of the males with subadult females involves the males hanging around and within females' nest, only after the same initial male-female interactions. These can last anywhere from 1–10 days and end successfully when the female has molted and they copulate. Throughout their reproductive life, Eulicivora culicivora has been demonstrated to retain a variety of highly variable display behaviors that are used differently depending on courtship. Plant relationship When E. culicivora is within its normal habitat, this spider has been shown to associate frequently with the native plants Lantana camara and Ricinus communis. They are attracted to these plants