orb-weaver spiders
araneids
araneidae latin

Orb-weaver spiders of the cosmopolitan family Areneidae have eight similar eyes.

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders with about 40 described species.

If the orb-weaver spiders are a monophyletic group, the fact that only some species in the group lost a feature adds to the controversy.

Spiny orb-weaver spiders also inhabit the webs of Nephila to obtain food.

Bolas Spiders are unusual orb-weaver spiders that do not spin the typical web.

As an adult it feeds on orb-weaver spiders in the forest understory, which it plucks from their webs.

Akajima is also noted for its terrestrial wildlife, especially its birds, butterflies and Golden silk orb-weaver spiders.

Eriophora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that occur in the Americas, Australasia and Africa.

The "typical" orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests.

By the Jurassic, the sophisticated aerial webs of the orb-weaver spiders had already developed to take advantage of the rapidly diversifying groups of insects.

Orb-weaver spiders use elaborate, ultraviolet coloured web ornaments to attract bees that specialize in taking nectar from similarly coloured flowers.

They provision these nests with spiders, such as crab spiders, orb-weaver spiders and jumping spiders in particular, as food for the developing larvae.

The orb-web consists of a frame and supporting radii overlaid with a sticky capture spiral, and the silks used by orb-weaver spiders have exceptional mechanical properties to withstand the impact of flying prey.

His catalogue of Australian orb-weaver spiders, A Census of Australian Araneidae, listing 1102 species, was produced in 1911; it is noted as a significant advancement in the much ignored spiders of Australia.

A. flavescens most commonly inhabits the webs of araneids and nephilids.

The largest family is Araneidae, consisting of some 90 species.

The Araneidae family is cosmopolitan, including many well-known large or brightly colored garden spiders.

Celaenia is a spider genus in the family Araneidae.

They were formerly grouped in the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.

Neoscona adianta is a species of spider belonging to the family Araneidae.

Neoscona crucifera is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae.

The genus Singafrotypa was moved to Araneidae in 2002.

They belong to the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae.

A small member of the Araneidae family, the orb-weavers, it was previously placed in Tetragnathidae.

The spider genus Nuctenea belongs to the Araneidae family.

They prey on spiders of the families Araneidae, Lycosidae and Tetragnathidae.

It is classified under the subfamily Araneinae of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae.

It was briefly transferred from the family Araneidae to Theridiidae between 2002 and 2005, based mainly on characteristics of the male palp.

Thelacantha is a spider genus of the Araneidae family with only one described species, T. brevispina.

Zygiella x-notata (sometimes known as the silver-sided sector spider) is a spider in the family Araneidae.

Catching prey is instinctive in Zygiella in which it differs from other Araneidae, who have to learn this behavior.

They have a catholic habitat choice and their preferred prey are spiders of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.

The placement of Perilla (Araneae, Araneidae) with comments on araneid phylogeny.

Araniella cucurbitina (one of several species called "cucumber spider") is a spider of the Araneidae family.

Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895 (formerly Araneidae)

Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaving spider of the family Araneidae which feed largely on nocturnal moths.

There are 3,006 species in 168 genera worldwide, making Araneidae the third largest family of spiders known (behind Salticidae and Linyphiidae).

Chapter 2 (Araneidae, Tetragnathidae)

Melychiopharis: an atypical orb-weaving spider from South America (Araneae: Araneidae).

The African spider genus Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae).