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Harpagophytum (/ ˌ h ɑːr p ə ˈ ɡ ɒ f ɪ t ə m / HAR-pə-GOF-it-əm), also called grapple plant, wood spider, and most commonly devil's claw, is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name "devil's claw" to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit.
Misumena vatia is a species of crab spider with a holarctic distribution.In North America, it is called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider, [1] as it is commonly found hunting in goldenrod sprays and milkweed plants.
Peucetia viridans, the green lynx spider, is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species in the family Oxyopidae. This spider is common in the southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and in many West Indies islands, especially Jamaica. Lynx spiders are hunters specialized for living on plants.
“Spiders are beneficial bugs that help control other pest insects such as flies, adult mosquitoes, ants, etc.” Capture and release can look like using a cup and a piece of paper to capture and ...
Edwards, G.B. (2004): Revision of the jumping spiders of the genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropoda. Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
Wood spider may refer to: Huntsman spider, a spider in the family Sparassidae, some of which are also called wood spiders because of their attraction to woodpiles, wooden sheds, and other woody places; Harpagophytum, a plant usually called devil's claw but also called wood spider
Woodlouse spiders are usually found under logs, rocks, bricks, plant pots and in leaf litter in warm places, often close to woodlice.They have also been found in houses. They spend the day in a silken retreat made to enclose crevices in, generally, partially decayed wood, but sometimes construct tent-like structures in indents of various large rocks.
Trichonephila clavipes (formerly known as Nephila clavipes), commonly known as the golden silk orb-weaver, golden silk spider, golden orb weaver spider or colloquially banana spider (a name shared with several others), is an orb-weaving spider species which inhabits forests and wooded areas ranging from the southern US to Argentina. [3]