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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 ]
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The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders" [1]) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their close kin), where they point straight down.
The spiders are hard to miss. The Joro spiders are known for their distinctive yellow bands on their black legs. The males have a light brown abdomen, while the females have bright yellow abdomens ...
As of November 22, 2024, 52'487 species are listed, after an average discovery rate of three new species per day. [2] The order Araneae has the seventh-most species of all orders. The WSC's existence makes spiders the largest taxon with an online listing that is updated regularly.
Dolomedes / d ɒ l ə ˈ m iː d iː z / is a genus of large spiders of the family Pisauridae.They are also known as fishing spiders, raft spiders, dock spiders or wharf spiders.Almost all Dolomedes species are semiaquatic, with the exception of the tree-dwelling D. albineus of the southeastern United States.
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The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits.