Velvet Spiders
Eresidae
The velvet spiders (family Eresidae) are a small group (about 100 species in 9 genera) of almost totally Old World spiders (exception: a few species are known from Brazil). The characteristics of this family of spiders are that they are entelegyne (have a genital plate in the female), eight-eyed araneomorph spiders that build unkempt webs. They are cribellate (use woolly silk). Some species are nearly eusocial, lacking only a specialized caste system and a queen. They...
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Eresus
genusEresus
Social Velvet Spiders
genusStegodyphus
Tree Velvet Spiders
genusGandanameno
Ground Velvet Spiders
genusDresserus
Buckspoor Spiders
genusSeothyra
Loureedia
genusLoureedia
Adonea
genusAdonea
Decorated Velvet Spiders
genusParadonea
Dorceus
genusDorceus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 62051.