"spider behavior"

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8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13290466

8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13290467

8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13290468

8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13290474

8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13290481

8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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8 February 2026

A mother cellar spider (Crossopriza lyoni) guards her silk-bound egg sac while resting on a web against a blue wall in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on February 8, 2026. The synanthropic species, commonly known as a daddy longlegs spider, is harmless to humans and often feeds on household pests.

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#13282973

7 February 2026

A St. Andrew's cross spider uses a large web in open areas to trap flying insects in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on February 7, 2026.

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7 February 2026

A St. Andrew's cross spider uses a large web in open areas to trap flying insects in Nagaon District, Assam, India, on February 7, 2026.

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#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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#13035914

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035916

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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#13035918

29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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29 November 2025

A one-legged female huntsman spider guards its egg sac inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on October 26, 2025.

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