Cyclosa - Trashline Orbweavers Spider - Animal India

Cyclosa, also called trashline orbweavers or "Common Garbage-Line Web Spider, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders, Widely distributed worldwide. The spiders of the genus Cyclosa build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. This is a small 5-11mm spider with an elongated abdomen ending in one to four tubercles. The web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. The name "Cyclosa" comes from the Greek 'to move in a circle', referring to how it spins its web. Normally Cyclosa can be found in its web in grass or among the branches of bushes but also in nurseries and fences. The stabilimentum (web decoration) of this spider's web runs vertically or occasionally horizontally through the hub and is decorated with the remains of prey, the spider's exuvia, and bits of debris. The numerous egg sacs are usually incorporated into the stablimentum. At the hub, the line is parted and the spider sits hidden amongst the debris. A trashline orbweavers spider (Cyclosa) makes a web and waits in the forest for its prey, whenever any insect gets caught in the web, it hunts it at Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 14/11/2024.