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A collective web of Agelena consociata in Uganda.. A social spider is a spider species whose individuals form relatively long-lasting aggregations.Whereas most spiders are solitary and even aggressive toward other members of their own species, some hundreds of species in several families show a tendency to live in groups, often referred to as colonies.
Within the spider’s social group, all spiders in the group take part in web construction, maintenance, and prey capture. [3] Nests are large web structures composed of a compact combination of silk and nearby branch or desert brush. These nests are built in spiny bush twigs or trees close to the ground at a height of 0.5 to 1.5 meters high. [10]
Stegodyphus sarasinorum is a social spider, so web building and feeding are all communal practices, depending on each other for survival. An interesting aspect of S. sarasinorum behavior is antagonism. The dwarfed males thrive only when they stay agile and cunning and even between sexes there is lots of selfish behavior.
The cribellate (lace-weaving) spider (Amaurobius) creates an untidy type of spider web from silk that looks blueish-grey when it is fresh. There is a retreat in the center where the spider waits ...
Agelena consociata is a social species of funnel web spider that occurs in tropical forests in West Africa and lives in colonies of one to several hundred individuals. This species is found in rainforest habitats in Gabon. It favors dense forests along creeks where colonies can build huge complex webs.
Among these is the South American social species Anelosimus eximius, among the best studied social spider species. The web of a colony of A. eximius can reach cover entire tree canopies and contain tens of thousands of individuals. Most of the highly social species live in lowland tropical forests, and all occur in the Americas.
“Spider Webbing is a term used to describe a complex network of manipulative behaviours woven over time, which can entangle individuals in a tumultuous and unhealthy relationship, often leaving ...
A. eximius webs do not capture large numbers of prey, but the prey that are caught are significantly larger than most prey captured in the webs of other individual social or antisocial spider species. Thus, their techniques provide more nutrients than other social spider colonies may obtain.