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Spiders (Araneae)
Araneae are frequently referred to as „true spiders“ or simply as “spiders”. There are approximately 40,000 species globally, in 3,700 genuses (people will know more easily what you mean) and 108 families. Araneae have 8 legs in contrast to insects which have 6. Furthermore instead of compound eyes they have 8 simple eyes.
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The head and chest form one unit (Prosoma). This is followed by the abdomen which is usually significantly bigger. Araneae are Chelicerata. At the end of the head are retractable claws, containing glands which secrete poison. They do not use theit mouthparts (at the male as genitals) for chewing their food. Four pairs of legs are attached to the prosoma and each leg com...
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The life expectancy of spiders varies. The growth of the body is severely limited by a rigid external skeleton. When Araneae want to shed their skin they retreat into hiding and stop eating. While most spiders hang from a thread while they are shedding their skin, tarantulas lie on their backs.
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Heather spider
The heather spider (Thomisus onustus) is a species in the order spiders (Araneae), the suborder Araneomorphae, the superfamily Thomisoidea, the family crab spiders (Thomisidae) and the genus Thomisus. It is widespread throughout the world in temperate to tropical zones, however in the north, it occurs less often and is restricte...
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Crab spiders
Crab spiders (Thomisidae) is one of the most varied families. It belongs to the order spiders (Araneae) and the suborder Araneomorphae. This family comprises approximately 164 genera (eg Coriarachne, Diaea, Heriaeus, Misumena, Ebrechtella, Monaeses, Ozyptila, Pistius, Runcinia, Synema, Thomisus, Tmarus, Xysticus and Misumenops) with 2042 different sp...
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Running crab spiders
Running crab spiders is a family in the order spiders (Araneae) and the suborder Araneomorphae. This family is found throughout the world and comprises approximately 502 species in 29 genera. In Europe there are 25 species. The largest genus of running crab spider is Philodromus with 237 - 240 species, 16 of wh...
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Philodromus dispar
Philodromus dispar is a species in the order spiders (Araneae), the suborder Araneomorphae, the family running crab spiders or philodromid crab spiders (Philodromidae), and the genus (Philodromus). This species is found throughout the palearctic ecozone and is widespread in Germany and Central Europe but even ...
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Cobweb spiders
Cobweb spiders (Theridiidae), also called comb-footed spiders, belong to the order spiders (Araneae), the suborder Araneomorphae (also: Labidognatha), the series Entelegynae, and the superfamily Araneoidea. The family cobweb spiders includes 96 genera with 2283 species and its members are found throughout the world. . Cobweb spiders are frequently...
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Rabbit hutch spider
The rabbit hutch spider (Steatoda bipunctata) belongs to the order spiders (Araneae), suborder Araneomorphae (also: Labidognatha), series Entelegynae, superfamily Araneoidea, the family Cobweb spiders (Theridiidae) and to the genus Steatoda. This species is widespread throughout the Holarctic ecozone and is encountered commonly in ...
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