"abandoned-web"

#13068767

7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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#13068771

7 December 2025

A juvenile abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani), also known as a common garden spider, captures a black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in its web in a forest in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on December 7, 2025. The spider immobilises the insect with silk and saliva before retreating behind a dry leaf.

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#12443754

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443755

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443757

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443759

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443761

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443762

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443763

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443764

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443767

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#12443770

4 June 2025

An Abandoned-web orb-weaver spider (Parawixia dehaani) uses its web to capture a Great eggfly or Blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina) in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on June 4, 2025. The spider, which belongs to the family Araneidae, hunts by constructing a vertical orb web and relies on sight, vibration, and touch to detect prey, including insects larger than itself.

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#10731712

31 October 2023

Parawixia dehaani is a species of orb-weaver spider that belongs to the family Araneidae and is distributed in the Oriental-Australian region including Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. Parawixia dehaani is nocturnal and feeds mainly on moths. During the day the spider shelters under a leaf in the vegetation. This common garden spider builds a vertical orb web with an open hub, which often looks damaged, with sections missing, hence the Australian common name, abandoned-web orb-weaver. When disturbed the spider falls to the ground and plays dead with its legs retracted. Bats have been recorded as being captured by this spider. A Parawixia dehaani spider climbed on a human's hand at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 31/10/2023

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#10731714

31 October 2023

Parawixia dehaani is a species of orb-weaver spider that belongs to the family Araneidae and is distributed in the Oriental-Australian region including Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. Parawixia dehaani is nocturnal and feeds mainly on moths. During the day the spider shelters under a leaf in the vegetation. This common garden spider builds a vertical orb web with an open hub, which often looks damaged, with sections missing, hence the Australian common name, abandoned-web orb-weaver. When disturbed the spider falls to the ground and plays dead with its legs retracted. Bats have been recorded as being captured by this spider. A Parawixia dehaani spider climbed on a human's hand at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 31/10/2023

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#10731716

31 October 2023

Parawixia dehaani is a species of orb-weaver spider that belongs to the family Araneidae and is distributed in the Oriental-Australian region including Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. Parawixia dehaani is nocturnal and feeds mainly on moths. During the day the spider shelters under a leaf in the vegetation. This common garden spider builds a vertical orb web with an open hub, which often looks damaged, with sections missing, hence the Australian common name, abandoned-web orb-weaver. When disturbed the spider falls to the ground and plays dead with its legs retracted. Bats have been recorded as being captured by this spider. A Parawixia dehaani spider climbed on a human's hand at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 31/10/2023

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#10731718

31 October 2023

Parawixia dehaani is a species of orb-weaver spider that belongs to the family Araneidae and is distributed in the Oriental-Australian region including Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and New Guinea. Parawixia dehaani is nocturnal and feeds mainly on moths. During the day the spider shelters under a leaf in the vegetation. This common garden spider builds a vertical orb web with an open hub, which often looks damaged, with sections missing, hence the Australian common name, abandoned-web orb-weaver. When disturbed the spider falls to the ground and plays dead with its legs retracted. Bats have been recorded as being captured by this spider. A Parawixia dehaani spider climbed on a human's hand at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 31/10/2023

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