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FAMILY DEINOPIDAE - Net-casting Spiders
The species in this family are large and slow moving spiders. They have long body and stick like legs. Their bodies are light brown or grey in colour. They do not build permanent web, instead, they hold the net and throw it towards their prey.
- Net of Net-casting Spider, the cribellate silk
They usually hide in low shrubs and bushes.
- Common Net-casting Spider
- Deinopis subrufa, male leg to leg 80mm, female leg to leg 60mm
- Common Net-casting Spiders are large and slow moving spiders. They have long body, up to 30mm, and stick like legs. Their bodies are light brown or grey in colour. They do not build permanent web, instead, they hold the net and throw it towards their prey. More pictures and information on this page.
- Net-casting Spider
- Deinopis sp, male leg to leg 80mm, female leg to leg 60mm
- This Net-casting Spiders look similar to the above species. The only different are the pattern on the male and female's abdomen. They are found sometimes on the lower plants in backyards. The above pictures are taken at the same location so we believe the spiders are the same species. And we think the spiders with thin abdomen is male and the one with larger abdomen is female.
- However, we found that the larger abdomen spider have its clubbed plaps, and this suggests it is a male. We have to look for more information to check this out. Please advise if you have any idea.
- Net-casting Spider
- ? sp, leg to leg 60mm
- Pictures taken in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
