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Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga is a Costa Rican parasitoid wasp whose host is the spider Leucauge argyra.The wasp is unusual in modifying the spider's web building behavior to make a web made of very strong lines designed to support the wasp's cocoon without breaking in the rain.
Bagheera kiplingi is a species of jumping spider found in Central America, including Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. It is the type species of the genus Bagheera, which includes three other species, including B. prosper. [1] B. kiplingi is notable for its peculiar diet, which is mostly herbivorous. [2]
The wildlife of Costa Rica comprises all naturally occurring animals, fungi and plants that reside in this Central American country. Costa Rica supports an enormous variety of wildlife, due in large part to its geographic position between North and South America, its neotropical climate, and its wide variety of habitats.
Gelanor siquirres is a species of neotropical spiders from Costa Rica in the family Mimetidae. [1] [2] It hunts by intercepting the lines orb weavers use to start their webs with its own silk lines, pursuing the captured weavers. [3]
On average, a huntsman spider's leg-span can reach up to 15 cm (5.9 in), while their bodies measure about 1.8 cm (0.7 in) long. [11] Like most spiders, [12] Sparassidae use venom to immobilize prey. There have been reports of members of various genera such as Palystes, [13] Neosparassus, and several others inflicting severe bites on humans. The ...
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Anyphaenidae. ... 1914 — Costa Rica; Anyphaena furva Miller, 1967 — France, Germany, ...
L. argyra in Costa Rica. Leucauge argyra is a spider found North, Central and South America (from United States to Brazil and the Caribbean. Leucauge argyra (and many other Leucauge spp.) is known to be a colonial species, with spiders maintaining individual territories/orb webs within a scaffolding of shared support lines maintained by the group.
For the purposes of this category, Central America comprises Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, ... Pages in category "Spiders of Central America"