Tylorida ventralis 橫紋隆背蛛/橫帶高腹蛛

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Family Tetragnathidae 肖蛸科
Tylorida ventralis
橫紋隆背蛛/橫帶高腹蛛

Female ♀ 6mm
Photographed in TINAGAT FOREST FRINGE 2016-08-31 WED

Habitat: Heavily wooded gardens and jungle fringes.
Female:5-7 mm. Male: 5 mm.
Distribution: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, India.

In resting position, the spider stretches its first legs forward and close together.
Their first pair of legs are longer than their second pair by a ratio of more than 1.6.

Members of the species Tylorida have two rows of long, slender curved hairs on the femurs of the fourth leg and have silvery or golden spots on the abdomen.

Widespread distribution of this species in low-elevation mountain areas, common in the woods or swamps, stream and other dark environment.

Spiders of the family Tetragnathidae build delicate orb-webs with open hubs. The webs are suspended horizontally or in an inclined plane.