List of articles in "Eukaryote" category - Page 1507

The American grass spiders are members of the genus Agelenopsis. They weave sheet webs that have a funnel shelter on one edge. The web is not sticky but these spiders […]

Latrodectus is a genus of spider in the family Theridiidae which contains 32 recognized species. The black widow spider is perhaps the best-known member of the genus. The venomous bite […]

Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae) is a family of spiders known as huntsman spiders because of their speed and mode of hunting. They also are called giant crab spiders because of their […]

The house dust mite (sometimes referred to by allergists as HDM) is a cosmopolitan guest in human habitation. Dust mites feed on organic detritus such as flakes of shed human […]

Cheiracanthium inclusum alternately known as the black-footed yellow sac spider or the American yellow sac spider (in order to distinguish it from its European cousin C. punctorium) was formerly classified […]

Atracinae commonly known as Australian funnel-web spiders is a subfamily of spiders in the funnel-web spider family Hexathelidae. Atracinae consists of three genera: Atrax Hadronyche and Illawarra. The subfamily includes […]

The hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis) is a member of the genus of spiders known colloquially as funnel web spiders but not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider. It […]

Man o’ War (Lexington Kentucky March 29 1917 – Faraway Farm November 1 1947) is considered one of the greatest Thoroughbred racehorses of all time. During his career just after […]

Funnel-web tarantulas (superfamily Dipluroidea family Dipluridae) are a group of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae that have two pairs of booklungs and chelicerae (fangs) that move up and down in […]

The Mygalomorphae (also called the Orthognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. The scientific name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each […]