Cyrtophora

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title: Cyrtophora
text: Cyrtophora, the tent-web spiders, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Although they are in the "orb weaver" family, they do not build orb webs. Their tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb web. These webs are aligned horizontally, with a network of supporting threads above them. These spiders often live in colonies. Females have a body length of mostly about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long. Some membe
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description: Genus of spiders
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtophora
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date modified: 2024-01-02T20:39:07Z
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