Hump back araneid spider
The hump back araneid spider is a small, hairy orb-weaver spider. Its back end is shaped like a triangle with a little bump at the tip. It is a night worker: every evening it builds a round web, and every morning it takes it down again.
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Fun facts
It cannot see well, especially in daylight. Instead it feels tiny air movements with hairs that work like whiskers.
In South Africa a beetle was found that looks just like it, with the same size, colours and pattern.
Farmers like it, because in orange and lemon groves it eats flies that harm the fruit.
Scientists found that silk from spiders like it may help fight some germs.
It came from Asia and has been taken to South Africa and Eswatini by people.
Most asked questions about Hump back araneid spider
?How big is the hump back araneid spider?
Very small. The female is about 5.5 millimetres long and the male about 3.7 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eriovixia excelsa
- Named by
- Simon, 1889
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Araneidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Araneidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Eriovixia excelsa (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 Peter Webb. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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