Filmy dome spider

Filmy dome spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Neriene
Species:	N. radiata
Binomial name
Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1842)

The filmy dome spider (Neriene radiata AKA Prolinyphia marginata and others in this genus) is a sheet weaver: a spider in the family Linyphiidae. These spiders construct a dome of fine silk and hang upside-down under it, waiting for their prey.

Members of this genus include:

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  Neriene clathrata

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  Neriene emphana, female

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  Neriene emphana web

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  Neriene peltata, female with prey

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  Neriene peltata, male

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  Neriene peltata web

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