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Filmy dome spider

Filmy dome spider
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


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