Gelanor siquirres explained

Gelanor siquirres is a species of neotropical spiders from Costa Rica in the family Mimetidae.[1] It hunts by intercepting the lines orb weavers use to start their webs with its own silk lines, pursuing the captured weavers.

Notes and References

  1. Benavides. Ligia R.. Hormiga. Gustavo. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species<. Zootaxa. 4064. 1. 2016. 1–72. 1175-5334. 10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1. 27395525.

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