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The common name scorpion spider is derived from its distinctive flat back and carapace orange colouring. [2] This colouring is evident around the mouthpiece and on the anterior aspects of the legs. [2] These similar features of the genus Platyoides in comparison to a scorpion is often why this genus is referred to as the scorpion spider. [2]
The prominent tail looks somewhat similar to that of a scorpion but has no sting and the spider is not considered to be dangerous to humans. The spider's web is usually located close to the ground, and may be oriented vertically, on an angle, or sometimes horizontally. The spider's usual prey consists of small flying insects.
Shadow of the Scorpion is a novel by Neal Asher, published by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Tor Books in 2008. The novel introduces Ian Cormac and is therefore a prequel . The novel skips between Cormac's first mission for the ECS (Earth Central Security) and his upbringing as a child.
Arachnura, also known as drag-tailed spider, scorpion-tailed spider and scorpion spider, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that was first described by A. Vinson in 1863. [2] They are distributed across Australasia , Southern and Eastern Asia with one species from Africa . [ 1 ]
Isometroides vescus, also known as the spider-hunting scorpion or spiral burrow scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia , and was first described by German arachnologist Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).
Arachnura feredayi, the tailed forest spider or scorpion-tailed spider [1], is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2] ... Spiders make an orb web, usually close to the ...
Isometroides angusticaudus, also known as the slender spider-hunting scorpion, is a species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. It is native to Australia , and was first described by German arachnologist Eugen von Keyserling in 1885.