The family Dysderidae (woodlouse hunters sowbug-eating spiders or cell spiders) are araneomorph spiders found primarily in Eurasia although extending into North Africa with very few species occurring in South America […]
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Tube-dwelling spider
The tube-dwelling spiders (family Segestriidae) consist of two large and widespread genera (Segestria and Ariadna) and one monotypic genus (Gippsicola from Australia).
Deinopidae
The spider family Deinopidae consists of stick-like elongate spiders that build unusual webs that they suspend between the front legs. When prey approaches the spider will stretch the net to […]
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Metasequoia glyptostroboides the dawn redwood is a fast-growing endangered coniferous tree the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia one of three species in the subfamily Sequoioideae. It is native […]
Metasequoia
Metasequoia (dawn redwood) is a fast-growing deciduous tree and the sole living species Metasequoia glyptostroboides is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods. It is native to the […]
Atypical tarantula
The atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders (family Atypidae) consist of only three genera. Purseweb spiders are accomplished ambush predators that spend most of their time in a sock-like silken retreat […]
Wafer trapdoor spider
The wafer trapdoor spiders (superfamily Cyrtauchenioidea family Cyrtaucheniidae) are a widespread family of spiders that lack the thorn-like spines on tarsi and metatarsi I and II (the two outermost leg […]
Sicariidae
Sicariidae is a family of six-eyed venomous spiders known for their necrotic bites. The members of this family are haplogyne possessing unsclerotised genitals in females. The family consists of two […]
Trapdoor spider
Trapdoor spiders (superfamily Ctenizoidea family Ctenizidae) are medium-sized mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil vegetation and silk. Some similar species are also called trapdoor […]
Equisetaceae
Equisetaceae sometimes called the horsetail family is the only extant family of the order Equisetales with one surviving genus Equisetum which comprises about twenty species.