the mother’s day spider
Mother. Struggling to carry its egg to a safe position. The Mother’s Day Spider Species: theridula angula Family: theridiidae Common Name: Pearl Spider Location: Kottayam, Kerala
Mother. Struggling to carry its egg to a safe position. The Mother’s Day Spider Species: theridula angula Family: theridiidae Common Name: Pearl Spider Location: Kottayam, Kerala
Two of its extended horn like spines are very long and makes the spider look like an alien. Species: gasteracantha dalyi Family: araneidae Common Name: Long-horned Spiny Spider Location: Muthanga, Wayanad, Kerala
The two tailed spiders are called so because their rear spinnerets are longer than usual, and appear like tails. Spinnerets are the organs with which the spiders spin their silk. In the picture below, you...
Ever seen such a small, iridescent, jumping spider? Easy to miss among the bushes, but once you find it, you will get stuck with its beauty! The banded phintella, phintella vittata, belongs to the family of...
We have a fish pond at home, and several aquatic plants in it. Two of these are introduced in this article, azolla (on the left) and ludwigia sediodes, a mosaic plant (on the right).