🐾 Are There Spiders In Greece

^{Avast area of greenery has been covered by the web, reports the Daily Hellas. Experts say it is a seasonal phenomenon, caused by Tetragnatha spiders, which can build large nests for mating. An}

Althoughthere are many studies focusing on spiders from the Ionian Islands, western Greece (e.g. Bristowe 1935, Reimoser 1930, Reimoser & Kritscher 1958, Brignoli 1972, Lecigne 2013, Russell

Photoby Wikimedia Commons. Although there are more than 900 species of tarantula across the world, you can only cross paths with three when visiting Thailand. One of those is the cobalt blue tarantula. This large spider has 13 to 20 cm-long legs and is one of the rarest spiders in the country.

However some consider the spiders belonging to the family Ctenizidae to be the “true trapdoor spiders.” In Greek, Ctenizade derives from the words ktenizein, meaning “combing” or “cleaning,” and the suffix -idae, meaning “belong to a family.” As their name implies, trapdoor spiders create silk structures that they use to cover

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