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Hyptiotes paradoxus Hyptiotes paradoxus. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. ) Female Hyptiotes paradoxus, head-on view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Female Hyptiotes paradoxus, head-on view. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Oct 2007 ) Hyptiotes paradoxus from below, you can clearly spot the cribellum near the spinners. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. ) Close-up of the spinners and cribellum of an Hyptiotes paradoxus spider. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Hyptiotes paradoxus holding on to its small net. When a pray gets in the net, the spider let go of the thread and the pray is caught in the collapsed net. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Hyptiotes paradoxus from the side. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Oct 2007 ) Close-up of the eyes of an Hyptiotes paradoxus. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Close-up of the head of an Hyptiotes paradoxus. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Oct 2007 ) Extreme close-up of the hair of the abdomen of an Hyptiotes paradoxus. It looks almost like feathers. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. Aug 2007 ) Juvenile Hyptiotes paradoxus. (Found: Nyköping Sörmland Sweden. )

Facts: Family: Uloboridae Scientific name: Hyptiotes paradoxus Common name: Triangle spider The cribbelate Hyptiotes paradoxus is a unique spider in many ways. When you have found it, it is hard to say if it is a spider or a piece of bark from a tree. This is one of few spiders that don't have poison/venom to inject to kill its prey.

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