Close-up of a male net casting spider

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Close-up of a male net casting spider (family Deinopidae). The larger two eyes provide excellent vision at night, allowing effective nocturnal hunting. These spiders hunt by leaping toward prey with a net of web held between their forelimbs.

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Photo credit: © MELVYN YEO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, animal, arachnid, arachnida, arthropod, arthropoda, biological, biology, casting, close, close-, deinopidae, detail, fauna, invertebrate, male, net, nocturnal, predator, spider, wildlife, zoological, zoology