Araneae Gallery

Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata)

Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata), female head downwards on the web, the characteristic posture. It occurs worldwide. It builds a vertical wheel web about 60 cm across. West MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

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Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)

Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi), female specimen which has has a shining silvery cephalothorax (head) and a yellowish abdomen with black and white bars across it.. Japan. This spider is, like all orb-weavers, not poisonous for humans. The spider prefers to weave her web between grass at a height of 20 -30 cm

Carrai cave spider (Progradungula carraiensis)

Carrai cave spider (Progradungula carraiensis), a hypochilomorph, the group that appears to bridge the evolutionary gap between the mygalomorphs and modern araneomorphs. Has enlarged tarsal claws to hold prey before biting it. Carrai Bat Cave near Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

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