Exechocentrus
Sign in to saveExechocentrus is a genus of Madagascan orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are bolas-using spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web.
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- taxon name
- Exechocentrus
- taxon rank
- genus
- endemic to
- Madagascar
- Commons category
- Exechocentrus
- taxonomic type
- Exechocentrus lancearius
- topic's main category
- Category:Exechocentrus
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