Mastophora dizzydeani explained

Mastophora dizzydeani is a species of spider named after baseball player Dizzy Dean.[1] [2] Like all known species of the genus Mastophora, adult females are bolas spiders, capturing their prey with one or more sticky drops at the end of a single line of silk rather than in a web. Males and juvenile females capture their prey directly with their legs.[2]

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  1. Web site: My True Love Gave To Me … A Bat Species! . 11 February 2009. CBSNews.com . 22 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature- Etymology: Named after People. Mark Isaak . 4 September 2012. www.CuriousTaxonomy.net . 22 September 2012.