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Anyphaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. [2] ... 1914 – Costa Rica; A. furva Miller, 1967 ... A. mogan Song ...
Bagheera kiplingi is a species of jumping spider found in Central America, including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. It is the type species of the genus Bagheera, which includes three other species, including B. prosper. [1] B. kiplingi is notable for its peculiar diet, which is mostly herbivorous. [2]
Anyphaena furcatella Banks, 1914 — Costa Rica Anyphaena furva Miller, 1967 — France, Germany, Czech Rep., Slovakia Anyphaena gertschi Platnick, 1974 — USA
“The majority of the spiders cause us no harm and are predators of pests,” says entomologist Roberto M. Pereira, Ph.D., an insect research scientist with the University of Florida. Translation ...
They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places (forests, mine shafts, woodpiles, wooden shacks). In southern Africa the genus Palystes are known as rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders. [4]
Nephila spiders vary from reddish to greenish yellow in color with distinctive whiteness on the cephalothorax and the beginning of the abdomen. Like many species of the superfamily Araneoidea, most of them have striped legs specialized for weaving (where their tips point inward, rather than outward as is the case with many wandering spiders).
The spider bites that experts really worry about are bites from venomous spiders, particularly black widows and brown recluse spiders. A bite from one of these types of spiders can cause severe ...
The fear of spiders and the subsequent panic upon spotting them can cause costly distractions while driving. In 2017, a Florida spider was the alleged culprit of a woman crashing her car in South ...