Madagascar hermit spider
The Madagascar hermit spider lives on the island of Madagascar and on small islands nearby. The female is big and can have a cream, brown, blue or even purple body. The male is tiny next to her.
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A female can be up to 24 millimetres long, while a male is only 3 to 5 millimetres.
The male has a grey body with little white dots.
In Madagascar it is often found living in people's houses.
Until 2011 scientists thought it was the same kind as a cousin spider. Then they found out it is its own species.
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Females are about 15 to 24 millimetres long. Males are much smaller, only 3 to 5 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nephilingis livida
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Nephilidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Nephilidae
- Lives on
- Africa
Where the facts come from
- Nephilingis livida (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 Sarefo. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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