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The Japanese water spider spins four main kinds of silk: (1) silk used for the diving bell, (2) silk to anchor the diving bell to water plants, (3) silk for "walking" so as to get prey and mate, and (4) silk for the egg-cocoon. [5]
Araneus ventricosus walking on plant in South Korea [1]. Araneus ventricosus is a nocturnal orb-weaver spider [2] found primarily in China, Japan, and Korea [3] that has been involved in numerous research studies and is easily identified by its nocturnal web-building behavior. [4]
The Uraraneida are an extinct order of spider-like arachnids from the Devonian and Permian. [ 60 ] A fossil arachnid in 100 million year old (mya) amber from Myanmar, Chimerarachne yingi , has spinnerets (to produce silk); it also has a tail, like the Palaeozoic Uraraneida, some 200 million years after other known fossils with tails.
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.
An invasive species native to East Asian countries including Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China, the Joro spider is believed to have first made its way to the U.S. in the early 2010s. These species ...
Araniella cucurbitina, sometimes called the "cucumber green spider", is a spider of the family Araneidae. [ 1 ] Araniella cucurbitina is found across Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia and Japan. The cucurbitina in the name comes from the word cucurbit which is a family of plants including cucumbers.
The spider is gray and black and has a "fiery red" abdomen. This fuzzy little guy, named Aphonopelma jacobii, is the 30th species of tarantula to be documented in the U.S., according to the news ...
Mamushi, a species of venomous snake that exists in all areas of Japan except certain islands including Okinawa and Amami Ōshima. [2] Gekko hokouensis; Japanese pond turtle; Schlegel's Japanese gecko; Japanese keelback; Achalinus spinalis; Japanese striped snake; Rhabdophis tigrinus; Japanese rat snake; Iwasaki's snail-eater