Filmy dome spider
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| Filmy dome spider | |
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| 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) |
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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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