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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae) include nearly 2,000 described species in over 100 genera, distributed worldwide. This makes the family the seventh largest known. New species are still being discovered. They are closely related to Clubionidae.Common genera include Gnaphosa, Drassodes, Micaria, Cesonia, Zelotes and...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The great raft spider or fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) is a European species of spider in the Pisauridae family. Like other Dolomedes spiders, it is semi-aquatic, hunting its prey on the surface of water. It occurs mainly in neutral to alkaline, unpolluted...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Gradungulidae is a spider family endemic to Australia and New Zealand with 16 species in seven genera. They are medium to large-sized three-clawed haplogyne spiders with two pairs of book-lungs (like Mygalomorphae).The genus Gradungula lives in forest litter. Progradungula and Macrogradungula are the...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "Bird-eating spider" redirects here. Bird-eating spider may also refer to Eastern tarantula.The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) is a spider belonging to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world. By leg-span, it is second...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); /> Evarcha culicivora is a species of jumping spider from Kenya. It is also known as the Vampire Spider.It feeds mainly on the mosquito species Anopheles gambiae, the main vector of malaria in the region.It is the only known animal that selects its...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Euscorpius is a genus of scorpions, commonly called small wood-scorpions. It presently contains 17 species (but see below) and is the type genus of the family Euscorpiidae - long included in the Chactidae - and the subfamily Euscorpiinae.The most common members belong to...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Emperor scorpions fluoresce under UV light.Determining the Sex of an Emperor Scorpion.The emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator, is a species of scorpion native to rainforests and savannas in West Africa. It is one of the largest scorpions in the world and lives for 6–8...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Dysderoidea are a clade or superfamily of araneomorph spiders. The monophyly of the group, initially consisting of the four families Dysderidae, Oonopidae, Orsolobidae and Segestriidae, has consistently been recovered in phylogenetic studies. In 2014, a new family, Trogloraptoridae, was created for a...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The family Dysderidae (woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders or cell spiders) are araneomorph spiders found primarily in Eurasia, although extending into North Africa, with very few species occurring in South America, and one (Dysdera crocata) introduced into many regions of the world.Dysderids have six...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Dwarf tarantulas, also known as sheet funnel-web spiders are a type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae. Dwarf tarantulas are one of several families of the sub-order Mygalomorphae; this larger group also includes the true tarantulas.DescriptionDwarf tarantulas, as the name indicates, appear like...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The dwarf sheet spiders (family Hahniidae) are small spiders, their bodies are about 2 mm in length. They build extremely delicate webs in the form of a sheet, and unlike many spiders the web does not lead to a retreat. The silk used...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Drymusa is a genus of spiders placed in its own family Drymusidae. They are also called false violin spiders or leaf-litter spiders. They resemble violin spiders (genus Loxosceles, Sicariidae), but other than these build a web. Also unlike Loxosceles, which are highly venomous...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For insects known as water striders, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, see Gerridae.The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is one of the few species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member of...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Cyrba is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).DescriptionCyrba spiders are small to medium size spiders that are usually brightly colored. Their cephalothorax is long and moderately high. The eyes are lateral. The abdomen is long with bright colorful patterns. Their...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Cyclocosmia or "trapdoor spider" is a genus of spiders in the Ctenizidae family.The abdomen of spiders in this genus is abruptly truncated and ends in a hardened disc which is strengthened by a system of ribs and grooves. They use this to clog...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Cyatholipidae are a spider family with 58 described species in 23 genera.They were discovered in the late 19th century in Africa. Cyatholipidae live mostly in moist, montane forests. Certain species, such as Scharffia rossi, however, live in dry regions, such as savannah.Most...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); For the New York City social group, see Trap Door Spiders. For other spiders called "trapdoor spiders", see List of trapdoor spiders.Ctenizidae is a family of medium-sized mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk. They...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The crevice weaver spiders (family Filistatidae) comprise cribellate spiders with features that have been regarded as as "primitive" for araneomorph spiders. They are weavers of funnel or tube webs. The family contains 18 genera and more than 120 described species worldwide.One of the...

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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Corinnidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called corinnid sac spiders. The family, like other "clubionoid" families, has a confusing taxonomic history. Once it was a part of the large catch-all taxon Clubionidae, now a shadow of its former self. The original...

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