The ogre-faced spider, genus Deinopis, is a group of nocturnal net-casting spiders found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, named for its two enormous forward-facing eyes that give it the keenest night vision known among spiders. Rather than spinning a fixed web to trap prey, it weaves a small rectangular net held between its front legs and hangs motionless until prey passes below, then lunges downward and throws the net over its target, a hunting method unlike that of nearly any other spider.
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1. Wikidata: Ogre-faced Spider
- Wikidata Q2704272, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Deinopis': net-casting spiders; they catch their prey using a specially spun net
- Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Deinopis
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeinopisQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinopis
"net-casting spiders...catch their prey using a specially spun net" (diet carnivore); tropical/subtropical spiders (realm terrestrial)
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