Anelosimus
Videos
Anelosimus is a cosmopolitan genus of cobweb spiders, currently containing 74 species. Anelosimus is a key group in the study of sociality and its evolution in spiders. It contains species spanning th
Anelosimus.crassipes.female..tanikawa
Anelosimus.crassipes.male..tanikawa
Female A. exiguus
Male A. exiguus
Spider
Videos
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank sev
Anelosimus
…crassipes from Japan Male A. crassipes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Theridiidae Genus: Anelosimus Simon, 1891 Species 75, see text. Synonyms Seycellocesa Koçak & Kemal, 2008 Saaristoa…
Araneus diadematus
Palystes castaneus female, dorsal aspect pedipalp trichobothria carapace of prosoma (cephalothorax) opisthosoma (abdomen) eyes AL (anterior lateral) AM (anterior median) PL (posterior lateral) PM (posterior median) Leg segments: coxa trochanter femur patella tibia metatarsus tarsus claw chelicera
Palystes castaneus female, ventral aspect. Nos 1 to 14 as for dorsal aspect. sternum of prosoma pedicel (also called pedicle) book lung sac book lung stigma epigastric fold epigyne anterior spinneret posterior spinneret Legs are labelled I, II, III, IV from anterior to posterior.
A syrphid fly captured in the web of a spider