Nature-india

A selection of the most amazing spiders, and are  of the abundant predators of the world.  There are many species of which most are mysteriously unknown.

The Scorpion tailed spider

It has a weird abdomen, which ended in a tail, looks like  a scorpion. The reflects the female spider, and when threatened the tail is raised, the male spider is like an ordinary one, and smaller. They are found in Australia.

Myrmarachne plataleoides

This one is harmless, it looks like the aggressive weaver ant, a  specie found in China, India and South Eastern Asia.

 

The Bird Dung Spider

Found in Asia, it has warts and blobs on its body, often it produces a thread and sits on it,  and smells like poop.  It is camouflaged like bird dung.

Bagheera kiplingi

A spider named after Bagheera, which is  a character  from the jungle book, known as the black panther.  Commonly heard of  as the jumping spider this one is a vegetarian. 

 

Diving Bell Spider

A only aquatic spider, found in Europe and Asia, likes ponds, lakes and streams.  Known as the Diving Bell Spider, this spider can’t take oxygen directly from water, instead it  traps air bubbles in its hairs which covers its body, and when the hairs are filled  it looks bell shaped.

These are  spiders with character