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Photos below are of several spiders of the Holoplatys species found in New Zealand.<br /> | Photos below are of several spiders of the Holoplatys species found in New Zealand.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:1-Holoplatys species Crevice spider-002.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The underside of the above specimen.<br /> | The underside of the above specimen.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:1-Holoplatys species Crevice spider.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
A 10mm spider<br /> | A 10mm spider<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Jumping spider 10mm body Holoplatys spp..JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
8mm spider<br /> | 8mm spider<br /> | ||
[[File:Holoplatys Chick Jumping spider.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[[File:Holoplatys spp. Flatterned jumping spider.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
[ | [[File:Holoplatys Chick Jumping spider-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br /> | ||
A grey Holoplatys feeding on a gnat fly[ | A grey Holoplatys feeding on a gnat fly[[File:Grey Holoplatys Jumping spider.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | [[File:Grey Holoplatys Jumping spider-9.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Photo below of a spider climbing its own silk strand and gathering it into a bundle. When spiders are done with a web, they can eat it to recycle its ingredients.<br /> | Photo below of a spider climbing its own silk strand and gathering it into a bundle. When spiders are done with a web, they can eat it to recycle its ingredients.<br /> | ||
[[File:Jumping Spider climbing silk strand and gathering it.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/%20 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ] | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/%20 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:29, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Marpissinae
Tribe: Holoplatysini
Genus: Holoplatys
Species: Holoplatys
Common name: Flattened Jumping Spider, Crevice spiders, Chink jumping spiders.
Holoplatys have a long, flat, oval cephalothorax, which is truncated anteriorly, and a long, flat, oval abdomen. They are often found under the bark of trees. These spiders exhibit a behaviour called thigmotaxis, an urge to have both upper and lower body surfaces in contact with something. In other words, they like to sidle into cracks. So if you pick one up, it will try and squeeze between your fingers.
Photos below are of several spiders of the Holoplatys species found in New Zealand.
The underside of the above specimen.
A grey Holoplatys feeding on a gnat fly
Photo below of a spider climbing its own silk strand and gathering it into a bundle. When spiders are done with a web, they can eat it to recycle its ingredients.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/