Tagged: Cycloctenidae

Sunday Spinelessness – The little guy - The Atavism

David Winter • May 15, 2011 •

• arachnophilia,
• Cycloctenidae,
• photos,
• sci-blogs,
• spiders,
• sunday spinelessness

I seem to have run out of week. I had a great idea for a Sunday post this week, but I'm not going to have time to write that one. Instead, here's a recent discovery from the backyard. Recognise the eyes? This must be a male of the same Cycloctenid (scu... Read More

Sunday Spinelessness – All in the eyes - The Atavism

David Winter • May 01, 2011 •

• arachnophilia,
• Cycloctenidae,
• photos,
• sci-blogs,
• spiders

Can you guess what these patterns represent? Well, having read the title of the post you may have guessed that each black dot is an eye. In fact, these pictures all represent the way a particular family of spiders arrange their eyes. For spiders, th... Read More