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Palystes
''Palystes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is '' P. superciliosus'', found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus. The name ''Palystes'' is derived from either the Latin ''palaestes'' or the Greek ''palaistes'', meaning "wrestler". The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Build ''Palystes'' species are large spiders, with a body length of 15–36 mm, and a leg span up to 110 mm. Their top side is covered in tan to dark tan velvety setae (hairs). The underside of their legs is banded in colour, and their legs and abdomens may be interspersed with slightly longer setae. They have a large moustachial stripe below their front eyes, and extending down their fangs. Habits While ''Palystes'' species mostly hunt insects on plants, they commonly enter houses before rain, or during the summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Crawshayi
''Palystes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is '' P. superciliosus'', found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus. The name ''Palystes'' is derived from either the Latin ''palaestes'' or the Greek ''palaistes'', meaning "wrestler". The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Build ''Palystes'' species are large spiders, with a body length of 15–36 mm, and a leg span up to 110 mm. Their top side is covered in tan to dark tan velvety setae (hairs). The underside of their legs is banded in colour, and their legs and abdomens may be interspersed with slightly longer setae. They have a large moustachial stripe below their front eyes, and extending down their fangs. Habits While ''Palystes'' species mostly hunt insects on plants, they commonly enter houses before rain, or during the summer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Convexus
''Palystes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is '' P. superciliosus'', found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus. The name ''Palystes'' is derived from either the Latin ''palaestes'' or the Greek ''palaistes'', meaning "wrestler". The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Build ''Palystes'' species are large spiders, with a body length of 15–36 mm, and a leg span up to 110 mm. Their top side is covered in tan to dark tan velvety setae (hairs). The underside of their legs is banded in colour, and their legs and abdomens may be interspersed with slightly longer setae. They have a large moustachial stripe below their front eyes, and extending down their fangs. Habits While ''Palystes'' species mostly hunt insects on plants, they commonly enter houses before rain, or during the summer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Ansiedippenaarae
''Palystes'' is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is '' P. superciliosus'', found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus. The name ''Palystes'' is derived from either the Latin ''palaestes'' or the Greek ''palaistes'', meaning "wrestler". The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Build ''Palystes'' species are large spiders, with a body length of 15–36 mm, and a leg span up to 110 mm. Their top side is covered in tan to dark tan velvety setae (hairs). The underside of their legs is banded in colour, and their legs and abdomens may be interspersed with slightly longer setae. They have a large moustachial stripe below their front eyes, and extending down their fangs. Habits While ''Palystes'' species mostly hunt insects on plants, they commonly enter houses before rain, or during the summer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Superciliosus
The common rain spider (''Palystes superciliosus''), formerly ''P. natalius'', is a species of huntsman spider native to Southern Africa. It is the most common and widespread species in the genus ''Palystes''. In South Africa its distribution ranges from KwaZulu-Natal province in the east, then westwards to the provinces of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and North West in the north, and Eastern Cape and Western Cape in the south. It has a body length of 15–36 mm and a leg span of up to 110mm. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Its preferred habitat is scrubland and savannah woodland. Spiders in the genus ''Palystes'' are commonly called rain spiders, or lizard-eating spiders. ''Palystes'' spiders will often enter homes before rain, where they will prey on geckos (usually '' Afrogecko porphyreus'' in Gauteng, the Western Cape, or '' Lygodactylus capensis'' in the eastern parts of southern Africa). Males are regularly seen from August to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Castaneus
''Palystes castaneus'' is a species of huntsman spider found in parts of South Africa. It is common from Cape Town to Heidelberg, Western Cape, especially in forested areas. In scrub outside forested areas, it is replaced by ''Palystes superciliosus''. It occurs mainly on plants, where it hunts insects. It has a body length of 17–22 mm. ''P. castaneus'' is the type species for the genus ''Palystes'', and was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1819. Spiders in the genus ''Palystes'' are commonly called rain spiders, or lizard-eating spiders. ''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. After mating in the early summer, the female constructs a round egg sac about 60–100 mm in size made of silk, with twigs and leaves woven into it. These egg sacs are commonly seen from about November to Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palystes Castaneus (Sparassidae Egg Purse IMG 2662
''Palystes castaneus'' is a species of huntsman spider found in parts of South Africa. It is common from Cape Town to Heidelberg, Western Cape, especially in forested areas. In scrub outside forested areas, it is replaced by ''Palystes superciliosus''. It occurs mainly on plants, where it hunts insects. It has a body length of 17–22 mm. ''P. castaneus'' is the type species for the genus ''Palystes'', and was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1819. Spiders in the genus ''Palystes'' are commonly called rain spiders, or lizard-eating spiders. ''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. After mating in the early summer, the female constructs a round egg sac about 60–100 mm in size made of silk, with twigs and leaves woven into it. These egg sacs are commonly seen from about November to Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntsman Spider
Huntsman spiders, members of the family Sparassidae (formerly Heteropodidae), are known by this name because of their speed and mode of hunting. They are also called giant crab spiders because of their size and appearance. 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. Commonly, they are confused with baboon spiders from the Mygalomorphae infraorder, which are not closely related. More than a thousand Sparassidae species occur in most warm temperate to tropical regions of the world, including much of Australasia, Africa, Asia, the Mediterranean Basin, and the Americas. Several species of huntsman spider can use an unusual form of locomotion. The wheel spider (''Carparachne aureoflava'') from the Namib uses a cartwheeling motion which gives it its name, while '' Cebrennus rechen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachypompilus Ignitus
The rain spider wasp or red-femora spider wasp (''Tachypompilus ignitus'') is an Afrotropical species of spider wasp specialising in capturing spiders of the genus ''Palystes'', the rain spiders. Distribution This spider wasp is found in Southern Africa, recorded from South Africa and Zimbabwe. Description These wasps are about 45 mm in length. They are largely black with orange antennae, orange dital parts of the legs, and largely orange wings, which are dark at the base and tip. Biology Females of ''T. ignites'' largely specialise in hunting and capturing rain spiders ''Palystes'' spp., which are stung by the wasp; the sting paralyses the spider which is dragged to the wasp's nest. In the nest, the wasp lays an egg on the spider and then seals the nest. When the larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every land habitat. , 50,356 spider species in 132 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been debate among scientists about how families should be classified, with over 20 different classifications proposed since 1900. Anatomically, spiders (as with all arachnids) differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel, however, as there is currently neither paleontological nor embryological evidence that spiders ever had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kloof
Kloof is a leafy upper-class town, that includes a smaller area called Everton, located approximately 26 km north-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Once an independent municipality, it now forms part of greater Durban area of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The word ''Kloof'' (''cf.'' cleft) means ' gorge' in Afrikaans and the area is named after the deep ravine formed by the Molweni stream ''(stream of high cliffs)''. The Kloof Gorge is part of the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve. It is a predominantly English-speaking area. Kloof features several upmarket shopping centres and the Kloof Country Club, founded in 1927. It is known as a mist-belt with winding roads and tree-surrounded mansions. History Details of the history of Kloof has been written by Richmond Farm This part of KwaZulu-Natal was originally a farm 'Richmond', whose survey was ordained by the first Lieutenant-Governor of Colony Sir Martin West, following his 1845 appointment to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Life and career Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo). Around 1900 he focused on collecting insect specimens from Norway. These are now deposited at the university's museum, where he worked as a curator from 1901 to 1903. After studying at the University of Oslo Strand traveled in Norway from 1898 to 1903 collecting a great number of insects. For part of this time (1901–1903) he was a conservator in the museum of zoology of the university. He then left for Germany where he continued his studies of zoology at the University of Marburg (1903), then he worked with State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart (1905) and, later, that of Tübingen and then with Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. From 1907, he worked with Natural History Museum, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science. From 1850, he practiced as a physician in the Wöhrd district of Nuremberg. He is considered among the four most influential scientists on insects and spiders in the second half of the 19th century. He wrote numerous works on the arachinoids of Europe, Siberia, and Australia. His work earned him worldwide reputation as "Spider Koch". Sometimes confused with his father Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857), another famous arachnologist, his name is abbreviated L.Koch on species descriptions; his father's name is abbreviated C.L.Koch Pierre Bonnet. ''Bibliographia araneorum,'' (1945) Les frères Doularoude (Toulouse). Works ''Die Arachniden Australiens'' (1871-1883), his major work on Australian spiders, was completed by Eugen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
