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A singular egg sac can contain between 350 and 550 eggs, and webs enclosing them are built in a more compact and sturdy fashion. The 6 mm cocoons are white colored and the females attach them to the side walls of the nest. 13 to 15 days later, the juveniles tear open the cocoon walls and emerge, moving to settle on their mother's back.
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.
Desert Spider, Stegodyphus lineatus, one of the best-described species that participates in matriphagy Matriphagy is the consumption of the mother by her offspring. [1] [2] The behavior generally takes place within the first few weeks of life and has been documented in some species of insects, nematode worms, pseudoscorpions, and other arachnids as well as in caecilian amphibians.
Sacrificial mothers: Offspring of the species Stegodyphus lineatus eat their mother. Females of Segestria florentina sometimes die while guarding her eggs and the hatched spiders later eat her. Non-reproductive cannibalism: Some spiders, such as Pholcus phalangioides, will prey on their own kind when food is scarce. [18]
Stegodyphus spiders have a tough carapace with white hairs along the body. Males Stegodyphus spiders have dark borders and narrow white bands along the abdomen, while females have dark longitudinal bands along the abdomen. [1] Spiders of this genus vary from total length, typically between 2.3 and 3.5 mm.
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. [2] As of December 2023, 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. [3] The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas".
Tarantulas normally hunt by staying in their burrows and waiting for their prey to come to them, according to a Texas A&M field guide. Their prey includes crickets, beetles, grasshoppers, cicadas ...
They are distinguished from true spiders by their two pairs of book lungs, vertically oriented chelicerae, and urticating setae. However, like all members of Psalmopoeus , P. irminia lack these urticating hairs but make up for it by having stronger venom compared to other New World tarantulas.