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Hyptiotes

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Hyptiotes
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Female Hyptiotes affinis from Okinawa, Japan
Female Hyptiotes cavatus from Woodbridge, Virginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Hyptiotes
Walckenaer, 1837
Diversity
16 species

Hyptiotes is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.

Feeding

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Hyptiotes creates a triangular web and sits at a vertex until it detects vibrations that signify the collision of its prey. At this moment the spider releases a coil of silk which it has held taut in such a manner that the tension of the web causes it to entangle the prey. The spider then wraps its prey in special wrapping silk.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ David Attenborough, 2005, Life In the Undergrowth, Episode 3, 23 mins 15 secs ff. BBC Worldwide Limited