Argyrodes flavescens

Taxobox
name = "Argyrodes flavescens"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Theridiidae
genus = "Argyrodes"
species = "A. flavescens"
binomial = "Argyrodes flavescens"
binomial_authority = O. P.-Cambridge, 1880

"Argyrodes flavescens", commonly called the red and silver dewdrop spider is a species of spider belonging to the family Theridiidae. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia and is also found in Sri Lanka. Like other members of this genus, this species is a kleptoparasite, living on the web of a larger spider and feeding off its prey. "A. flavescens" most commonly inhabits the webs of araneids and nephilids.

This is a very small spider with a length (excluding legs) of around 3 mm. The legs are black and the markedly domed and very shiny abdomen is red-brown with white spots.

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