Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 629 No. 629 |
Orb-weaver spiders or araneids are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. "Orb" was previously used in English to mean "circular", hence the English name of the group. Araneids have eight similar eyes, hairy or spiny legs, and no stridulating organs.
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->arachnids("class: Arachnids"):::active
arachnids-->typical-spiders("suborder: Typical Spiders"):::active
typical-spiders-.->comb-footed-spiders("family: Comb-footed Spiders")
typical-spiders-.->crab-spiders("family: Crab Spiders")
typical-spiders-.->ghost-spiders("family: Ghost Spiders")
typical-spiders-.->jumping-spiders("family: Jumping Spiders")
typical-spiders==>orbweavers("family: Orbweavers"):::active
typical-spiders-.->running-crab-spiders("family: Running Crab Spiders")
typical-spiders-.->sheetweb-and-dwarf-weavers("family: Sheetweb and Dwarf Weavers")
click comb-footed-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/comb-footed-spiders/"
click crab-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/crab-spiders/"
click ghost-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/ghost-spiders/"
click jumping-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/jumping-spiders/"
click orbweavers href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/orbweavers/"
click running-crab-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/running-crab-spiders/"
click sheetweb-and-dwarf-weavers href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/sheetweb-and-dwarf-weavers/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click arachnids href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/"
click typical-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/"
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We really ought to talk about the value of every living being.
