Ariadna species

Fact Box Species: Ariadna species (RM) Family: Segestriidae Body length: female: 12 mm male: 10 mm Habitat: This species likes to use a borer hole in dead tree branches to form a retreat; the entrance to this typically is a small, round hole with a uniform circle of trip line threads radiating outwards from it Toxicity: Unknown; may cause mild illness in humans

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This species mostly is uniformly dark coloured and has three pairs of legs pointing forward and the fourth pair pointing backwards. Only six eyes are present.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Many other spider species with 'unspecialised' body shapes.