Spiders that web a flat sheet and hangs under web

1.1.1b Sheet-Web Spiders
(Family Linyphiidae)

sheet-web weavers, dwarf spiders

SHEET-WEB WEAVERS
Linyphiidae
- small in size with long thin legs
- web a flat sheet often with perpendicular strands of silk above
- spider hangs upside down under web
- Habitat: fields and woods, usually low to ground
- Size: 2-7 mm

Gasteracantha diardi
Female 20mm
6-9-2009 BOMBALAI

Eriovixia laglaisei

Cyclosa bifida
Female 7.5mm
19-7-2009 Bukit Gemok

Argiope versicolor
New record in Sabah
Female
11-12-2009 PORING

Argiope sp COMPLEX
Male

Argiope aemula Female & Male

Acusilas malaccensis
Female 11mm
14-7-2015 THP

Heurodes sp
Tree Stump Orb Weaver Spider
http://www.jamiun.com/?p=246

Neoscona nautica
Female 8mm
17-11-2014 EDA

Family: Araneidae
Singa sp BATU LINTANG
Female 5mm
25-7-2014 BATU LINTANG

Genus: Thelacantha
Thelacantha brevispina
Female

Genus: Gasteracantha
Gasteracantha fornicata Female

Family: Araneidae Genus Lariniaria
Liprocea fusiformis/Larnia fusiformis
Female 9mm Location : Taman Semarak 15-8-2009

Arachnura BALUNG

Araneus pentagrammicus

Genus Neoscona
Orbweaver spider - Neoscona theisi
http://www.padil.gov.au/barrow-island/pest/main/137067

The spider family Araneidae has 168 genus with 3000 over species.

More spiders on : Family Araneidae

1.1.1b Web Spiders
(Family Nephilidae)

Herennia multipuncta
Female

Nephilengys malabarensis
Female

Nephila pilipes Golden Web Spider

The Nephilidae spider family has 75 described species in four genera. They were formerly grouped in the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.

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1.1.1b Sheet-Web Spiders
(Family Linyphiidae)

Genus Plectembolus

Linyphiidae family are very small spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 578 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Family Salticidae.

More species in : Family Linyphiidae