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  2. Spider taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, which has more than 52,700 described species.

  3. Spider - Wikipedia

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    Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, [2] and spinnerets that extrude silk. [3] They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. [4] [5] Spiders are found worldwide on every continent ...

  4. Araneus mitificus - Wikipedia

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    Araneus mitificus are small spiders and exhibit sexual dimorphism. The females grow up to 6 to 9 mm (0.24 to 0.35 in). Males are smaller, reaching only 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in), [4] [5] and are generally less colorful than the females. [2] Their abdomens are globular and covered with fine hair. They slope abruptly from the mid-region to the ...

  5. The World’s Biggest Spiders (And Their Prey) - AOL

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    The World’s Biggest Spiders (And Their Prey) October 29, 2024 at 6:30 AM Watch our video spotlighting the ten biggest spiders on earth with some walking on legs over a foot in width.

  6. Cambridgea - Wikipedia

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    Cambridgea [1] (common name New Zealand sheetweb spider, bush spider) [2] is a spider genus in the family Desidae and some of the first endemic spiders described from New Zealand. [3] They are known for constructing large horizontal sheet webs measuring up to a square metre in larger species. [ 4 ]

  7. The 7 Types of Spider Webs and the Incredible Spiders That ...

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    It is between 0.5 to 10 inches long depending on the type of spider. The spider camouflages the tube by adding debris to it so that it looks very like a twig or root.

  8. Crossopriza lyoni - Wikipedia

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    They are commonly known as tailed cellar spiders, tailed daddy longlegs spiders, and sometimes box spiders. They all possess extremely long fragile legs that can reach up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and a body length of that ranges from 2.5 to 7 mm (0.098 to 0.276 in).

  9. Spiders could theoretically eat every human on earth in one year

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    One study estimates that the global average spider density is 131 spiders per square meter. Obviously, habitats like deserts have fewer spiders, but others have spider densities of 1,000 per ...