Directory of Araneidae Resources

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These are the orb-web or wheel-web weaving spiders.

Subcategories

• Argiope
• Nephila

Resources in This Category

• Araneidae: Orb-web Spiders

  http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/arachnids/spiders/araneidae/
  Photographs and information on South African species from the Biodiversity Explorer.

• Araneus bicentenarius: Giant Lichen Orbweaver

  http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Araneus_bicentenarius
  Florida Nature provides several photographs and information on this species.

• Cat-faced Spider

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Cat-faced_Spider
  Photographs, description, life history and habits of Araneus gemmoides.

• Eriophora ravilla

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/spiders/tropical_orb_weaver.htm
  Provides photographs and a description of this tropical orb weaver, with information on its distribution, habits, habitats and detection.

• Gasteracantha cancriformis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/bowman_meli/
  Student project with classification, habitat, adaptation, diet, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Gasteracantha cancriformis: Spiny-backed Orbweaver

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/g_cancriformis.htm
  Provides photographs and a description of this spider, and information on its identification and biology.

• Hentz’s Orbweaver: Neoscona crucifera

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/cavatic.html
  Photographs and information on the natural history of this species.

• Neoscona crucifera and Neoscona domiciliorum

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/spiders/neoscona.htm
  Provides photographs and a description of these orb weavers, with information on their distribution, identification, habits and habitat.

• Spined Micrathena: Micrathena gracilis

  http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/spinorb.html
  Photograph and information on the natural history of this species.

• What we can Discover on a Spider’s Leg

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan00/spileg.html
  Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of a single leg of the garden spider, Areneus diadematus.

 

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