Uloborus walckenaerius
Uloborus walckenaerius is a spider in the family Uloboridae. Like all spiders in this family, they do not have venom glands and kill their prey by crushing with over 140 metres of thread.
| Uloborus walckenaerius | |
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| Uloborus walckenaerius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Uloborus |
| Species: | U. walckenaerius |
| Binomial name | |
| Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dysdera fasciata | |
Females grow up to 6 mm, males up to 4 mm. It has a dark grey prosoma, covered with white hairs, leaving some dark bands uncovered. The spider lives in warm, open terrain, like heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate webs close to the ground. A stabilimentum is sometimes present.
Name
Named in honor of Charles Athanase Walckenaer.
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