Scoloderus
Sign in to saveScoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded227
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- Family
- Araneidae
- Collections
- USNM, ABS, NMSU, MNRJ, MPEG, TAMU
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, United States, Brasil, Belize
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Scoloderus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Scoloderus cordatus
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