Web of a Mediterranean spider (Uroctea durandi). Signalling threads that protrude from the web alert the spider to passing prey. When a thread is trig

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Web of a Mediterranean spider (Uroctea durandi). Signalling threads that protrude from the web alert the spider to passing prey. When a thread is triggered, the spider lunges out of the nearest opening to the prey to catch it.

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Size: 3646px × 2421px
Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, animal, arachnid, arthropod, biological, biology, durandi, fauna, invertebrate, mediterranean, nature, nest, oecobiidae, spider, spiderweb, uroctea, web, wildlife, zoological, zoology