''Uroctea durandi'' is a

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spider about 16 mm in length, dark in color with five yellow spots on its back. It lives under rocks, where it constructs an upside-down tent-like hanging web about 4 cm in diameter. From each of the six openings two signaling threads protrude. When an insect or

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touches one of these threads, the spider lunges out of the respective opening and catches its prey.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q145988 Oecobiidae Spiders of Europe Spiders of Africa Spiders described in 1809