''Scoloderus'' is a

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of orb-weaver spiders first described by

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in 1887. They primarily feed on

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s using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb. When a

strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.

Species

it contains five species: *'' Scoloderus ackerlyi'' Traw, 1996 – Belize *'' Scoloderus cordatus'' (Taczanowski, 1879) (

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) – Mexico to Argentina *'' Scoloderus gibber'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico to Argentina *'' Scoloderus nigriceps'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – USA, Mexico, Bahama Is., Cuba, Jamaica *'' Scoloderus tuberculifer'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – USA to Argentina

References

External links

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