Abandoned-web orb-weaver
The abandoned-web orb-weaver is a big dark brown spider with a triangle-shaped body that has sharp spikes on its corners. It builds a round web that often looks old and broken. That is why it got its funny name, even though the spider is still at home.
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Fun facts
It hunts at night, and during the day it hides under a leaf.
If something bothers it, it drops to the ground and pretends to be dead with its legs pulled in.
Its web has missing pieces, so it looks like nobody lives there anymore.
It has even been seen catching bats in its web.
Most asked questions about Abandoned-web orb-weaver
?Why is it called the abandoned-web orb-weaver?
Its web often has pieces missing, so it looks like it was left behind.
?What does the abandoned-web orb-weaver eat?
Mostly moths that fly into its web at night.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Parawixia dehaani
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Common garden spider
Where the facts come from
- Parawixia dehaani (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Chen-Pan Liao. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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