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American Ogre-faced Spiders
Deinopis
Deinopis is a genus of spiders known as net-casting spiders, gladiator spiders and ogre-faced spiders. Its distribution is widely tropical and subtropical. They catch their prey using a specially spun "net".
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Deinopis longipes
speciesDeinopis longipes
Ogre-faced Spider
speciesDeinopis spinosa
Deinopis lamia
speciesDeinopis lamia
Deinopis amica
speciesDeinopis amica
Deinopis guianensis
speciesDeinopis guianensis
Deinopis diabolica
speciesDeinopis diabolica
Deinopis tuboculata
speciesDeinopis tuboculata
Deinopis cylindracea
speciesDeinopis cylindracea
Deinopis granadensis
speciesDeinopis granadensis
Deinopis bituberculata
speciesDeinopis bituberculata
Deinopis bucculenta
speciesDeinopis bucculenta
Deinopis armaticeps
speciesDeinopis armaticeps
Deinopis biaculeata
speciesDeinopis biaculeata
Deinopis fastigata
speciesDeinopis fastigata
Deinopis guasca
speciesDeinopis guasca
Deinopis pallida
speciesDeinopis pallida
Deinopis pardalis
speciesDeinopis pardalis
Deinopis plurituberculata
speciesDeinopis plurituberculata
Deinopis rodophthalma
speciesDeinopis rodophthalma
Deinopis seriata
speciesDeinopis seriata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194772.