Animal India - Parawixia Dehaani Spider

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
  • Resolution
  • 300 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 6.08(MB)*
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