Uroctea durandi

Taxobox
name = "Uroctea durandi"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Oecobiidae
genus = "Uroctea"
species = "U. durandi"
binomial = "Uroctea durandi"
binomial_authority = (Latreille, 1809)
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"Uroctea durandi" is a Mediterranean spider of about 16mm, dark with five yellow spots on its back. It lives under rocks, where it constructs an upside-down tent-like hanging web about 4cm in diameter. From each of the six openings two signaling threads protrude; When an insect or millipede touches one of these threads, the spider lunges out of the respective opening and catches its prey.

External links

* [http://www.oeko-msc.de/UROCTEA-DURANDI.jpgPicture of "U. durandi]
* [http://www.oeko-msc.de/UROCTEA-WEB.jpgPicture of the web]