''Mastophora cornigera'' is a species of

orb weaver Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

in the

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

family

Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

. It is found in a range from the United States to Nicaragua. Like all known species of the genus '' Mastophora'', adult females are

bolas spider A bolas spider is a member of the orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) that, instead of spinning a typical Spider web, orb web, hunts by using one or more sticky "capture blobs" on the end of a Spider silk, silk line, known as a "bolas". By swing ...

s, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.

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Araneidae Articles created by Qbugbot Spiders described in 1850 Spiders of North America {{araneidae-stub