Hyptiotes
Hyptiotes | |
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Female Hyptiotes affinis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Uloboridae |
Genus: | Hyptiotes Walckenaer, 1837 |
Diversity | |
15 species |
Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.
Feeding
Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment hyptiotes releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the spider's prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk.[1]
References
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- ↑ David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited
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