🦋 Family

Deinopidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Araneae › Deinopidae

Deinopis longipes is a Central American net-casting spider that uses a silken net to catch nocturnal prey.

Deinopis spinosa is a net-casting ogrefaced spider found in parts of the Americas, known for its unique prey capture strategy.

Deinopis subrufa, the rufous net-casting spider, is a nocturnal hunting spider found in Australia and New Zealand, not dangerous to humans.

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Salticidae 299 species Araneidae 234 species Theridiidae 85 species Theraphosidae 64 species Lycosidae 63 species Thomisidae 56 species Tetragnathidae 38 species Pisauridae 30 species

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