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Uloborus plumipes
Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes from below.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes holding a wrapped up, juicy insect.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes hanging upside down, holding its prey.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Close-up of the feather of a front leg of an Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Close-up of the head of a female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes from behind.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Close-up of cribellum and spinners of a female Uloborus plumipes.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes, close-up of epigyne.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Hothouse featherleg Uloborus plumipes
Female Uloborus plumipes, 5 mm.
(Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2008 )


Facts:
Family:
Uloboridae
Scientific name:
Uloborus plumipes
Common name:
Hothouse featherleg

The cribbelate Uloborus plumipes is one of few spiders that don't have poison/venom to inject to kill its prey. This spider is usually found in greenhouses.
 
 
 

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