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) |
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:
Neriene clathrata
Neriene emphana, female
Neriene emphana web
Neriene peltata, female with prey
Neriene peltata, male
Neriene peltata web
Neriene radiata, mating behaviour