Animal India - Parawixia Dehaani Spider
Parawixia dehaani is a species of orb-weaver spider that belongs to the family Araneidae and is distributed in the Oriental-Australian region including Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. Parawixia dehaani is nocturnal and feeds mainly on moths. During the day the spider shelters under a leaf in the vegetation. This common garden spider builds a vertical orb web with an open hub, which often looks damaged, with sections missing, hence the Australian common name, abandoned-web orb-weaver. When disturbed the spider falls to the ground and plays dead with its legs retracted. Bats have been recorded as being captured by this spider. A Parawixia dehaani spider climbed on a human's hand at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 31/10/2023 (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
- Product Code
- ILEA001934332
- Registered date
- 2023/10/31 00:00:00
- Credit
- NurPhoto / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto
- Media size
- 4551 × 3126 pixel
- Deployment size
- 6.08(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.