Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi)Scorpion-tailed Spider Egg Sacs The Spider and the Web
The Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi), also known as the Scorpion Orb Weaver (belonging to the Orbweavers family Araneidae), is said to build a web that is vertical although depending on what it the web is attached to, will have some angles of inclination. There are occasions where they will built a web that is more horizontal.
The web itself is not fully circular, as found with many orbweaver webs, as the upper two sectors of the Scorpion-tailed Spider web are left incomplete, with just radial threads.
The web is usually constructed about one to two metres above ground and measures approximately 1 metre across.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Araneoidea
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Arachnura
- Species: Arachnura higginsi
Footnote & References
- Photos Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) © Stefan Jones
Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi)Scorpion-tailed Spider Egg Sacs The Spider and the Web
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