Kenyan Spiders

-           -  Black Button/Widow Spider : (Family Theridiidae - Latrodectus indistinctus/renivulvatus/cinctus/karooensis ) Almost every m...

What is a spider? The Order Araneae (Spiders) is the largest order within Arachnida, and spiders are found in every part of the world, e...

In order for a male spider to mate with a female, he must first inform her of his presence and his intentions.  He would normally do this ...

Cheiracanthium Sac Spiders usually have a cream or straw-coloured body, with very black chelicerae and face.  The black face and chelicera...

Kleptoparasitism Kleptoparasitism describes the behaviour of a few different genera of spiders that steal the food from other spider...

These spiders live permanently in sheet webs built close to the substrate, with a funnel retreat at the end.  They resemble Wolf Spiders i...

The most accurate way to determine a spider’s species is to look at it under a microscope and examine the male and female reproductive orga...

In Africa, these spiders are known as Baboon spiders because of their hairy appearance and because the colour of the pads on the tarsus re...

Golden Orb Web Spiders – Family Nephilidae The members of this family are usually very large with cylindrical abdomens and a black cep...

Spiders in the family Uloboridae are the only spiders in the world that do not possess venom glands.  They wrap their prey in silk and cov...