29/150: Save A Spider Day – The Spined Micrathena

Posted on March 14, 2017August 17, 2017 by Gergin Blagoev

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animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae: Micrathena: Micrathena gracilis (Walckenaer, 1805)

Micrathena gracilis is a moderately large orb-weaver spider from family Araneidae, commonly known as the spined micrathena. The females are typically black with white markings and have five pairs of black spines which are conical tubercles on the upper side of the abdomen. Continue reading “29/150: Save A Spider Day – The Spined Micrathena” →

5/150: Tiny spiders crawl their way into the record books

Posted on January 12, 2017January 13, 2017 by Gergin Blagoev

Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Anapidae: Comaroma: Comaroma mendocino (Levi, 1957)

Comaroma mendocino is a new representative for Canada of the spider family Anapidae. This small rare spider was first described in 1957 by Herbert Levi from the United States in Casper, Mendocino County, California. It was found in British Columbia, Saturna Island by Claudia and Darren Copley with one female specimen collected in October 2013. Continue reading “5/150: Tiny spiders crawl their way into the record books” →