Filmy dome spider
(Neriene radiata)
Description
Neriene radiata is a sheet weaver: a spider in the family Linyphiidae with a holarctic distribution. These spiders construct a dome of fine spider silk and hang upside-down under it, waiting for their prey. It is a preferential host for the kleptoparasitic Argyrodes trigonum. Neriene is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:Araneae
Family:Linyphiidae
Genus:Neriene
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