Uloborus walckenaerius
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| Uloborus walckenaerius | |
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| Uloborus walckenaerius | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Uloborus |
| Species: | U. walckenaerius |
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| Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806 |
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Dysdera fasciata |
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Uloborus walckenaerius is a spider in the family Uloboridae. Females grow up to 6 mm, males up to 4 mm. It has a dark grey prosoma, covered with white hairs, leaving some dark bands uncovered. The spider lives in warm, open terrain, like heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate webs close to the ground. A stabilimentum is sometimes present.
[edit] Name
Named in honor of Charles Athanase Walckenaer.
