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Egg sac of P. castaneus, similar to P. superciliosus Common Rain Spider egg nest Tachypompilus ignitus dragging Palystes prey up a wall. The legs of these arachnids can reach a length of 11 cm, while their bodies alone can reach a length of 4 cm. Interestingly, both sexes of these spiders are roughly the same size. [6]
Palystes spiders are also commonly seen paralysed, being dragged by a large wasp called a pompilid or spider wasp. Sometimes, the wasp is not present. Pompilid wasps only hunt spiders, which they paralyse by stinging them. They then drag the spider back to their nest where they lay an egg on the spider, then seal the spider and the egg in.
Spiders in the genus Palystes are commonly called rain spiders, or lizard-eating spiders. [3] P. castaneus often appears in the home just before the onset of rain, where they hunt geckos (usually Afrogecko porphyreus). Males are regularly seen from August to December, probably looking for females. [2] P. castaneus egg sac
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Yellow sac spiders are often found in the Seattle area and eastern Washington. They can be yellow, white or greenish and their bodies are only about a quarter- to a half-inch long. These spiders ...
Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places (forests, mine shafts, woodpiles, wooden shacks). In southern Africa the genus Palystes are known as rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders . [ 4 ]
While roughly 3,000 species of spiders are found throughout the U.S., very few pose a direct threat to humans. Spider bites are rare, and medically significant incidents are even less common ...