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Comb-footed spider
Theridiidae
18.9906, 73.2698
Field Notes
Description:
1st pic shows the mother guarding her spiderlings and the 2nd pic shows the spider with a large kill. The Theridiidae family includes over 2200 species in over 100 genera) of three-dimensional space-web-builders found throughout the world. Theridiid spiders are entelegyne (have a genital plate in the female) araneomorph ecribellate (use sticky capture silk instead of woolly silk) spiders that often build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.
Habitat:
Seen at a hill station.
Notes:
Better quality pic : https://www.flickr.com/photos/satyenmehta/15263219126/
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