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Uloborid species

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Species:
Uloborid species (QM)
Family:
Uroboridae
Body length:
female: about 4 mm
male: 3 mm
Habitat:
This spider makes very small webs in shrubbery, hollows of trees, or the upper layers of leaf litter as well as under rock ledges; its drab, grey colouring makes it very difficult to see in most instances
Toxicity:
This species is very small and, like other uloborids, should also lack venom glands and therefore be harmless to humans
Uloborid species
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Underneath spider
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Another specimen

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Uloborus barbipes and Zosis geniculata.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 24 February 2009.