Tags: Arachnid.

Anelosimus eximius is a species of social spider in the genus Anelosimus native to the Lesser Antilles and the area from Panama to Argentina. Colonies can comprise several thousand individuals.Anelosimus eximius are classified as a social spider species because they engage in shared brood care and cooperate to capture prey within their web which allows them to capture prey much larger than a single individual would be able to.

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