About Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809)
Uroctea durandi (Latreille, 1809) is a Mediterranean spider that reaches around 16 mm in length. It is dark-colored with five yellow spots on its back. It lives under rocks, where it constructs an upside-down, tent-like hanging web approximately 4 cm in diameter. From each of the web's six openings, two signaling threads protrude. When an insect or millipede touches one of these threads, the spider lunges out of the corresponding opening to catch its prey.
