Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi)Scorpion-tailed Spider Egg Sacs The Spider and the Web
The female Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) produces strings of woolly-covered, brown egg sacs, that measure about 5 mm long. Starting from the top of the web, they are hung down to the centre of the web.. Up to eight strings/strands, they contain around 60 eggs that measure about 0.8 mm in diameter.
Once laid, the female Scorpion-tailed Spider positions herself at the lowest point of the egg sacs.
- 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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