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African Bolas Spiders
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African Bolas Spiders

Cladomelea

Cladomelea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Adult females of the genus are bolas spiders, 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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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Longleg Bolas Spider

speciesCladomelea longipes

Akerman's Bolas Spider

speciesCladomelea akermani

De Beer's Bolas Spider

speciesCladomelea debeeri

Decorated Bolas Spider

speciesCladomelea ornata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418946.