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| taxon = Uloborus glomosus
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| authority = ([[Walckenaer]], 1841)
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[[File:Cribellate Orbweaver - Uloborus glomosus - Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg|thumb|left|Web of ''Uloborus glomosus'']]
''Uloborus glomosus'' is a species of spider in the family [[Uloboridae]]. It is one of only a few ''Uloborus'' species found in North America and the only species found in Canada. Like all other species in the Uloboridae family ''Uloborus glomosus'' does not possess venom glands, relying instead on [[cribellate]], a fuzzy non sticky silk that they use to trap and then wrap their prey.
''Uloborus glomosus'' is a species of spider in the family [[Uloboridae]]. It is one of only a few ''Uloborus'' species found in North America and the only species found in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Species Uloborus glomosus - BugGuide.Net|url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/289073|website=bugguide.net|accessdate=27 December 2016}}</ref> Like all other species in the Uloboridae family ''Uloborus glomosus'' does not possess venom glands, relying instead on [[cribellate]], a fuzzy non sticky silk that they use to trap and then wrap their prey.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:14, 27 December 2016

Uloborus glomosus
On the left is her distinctive egg sac, in the center roughly triangular abdomen and on the right pink food.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Uloborus
Species:
U. glomosus
Binomial name
Uloborus glomosus
(Walckenaer, 1841)
Web of Uloborus glomosus

Uloborus glomosus is a species of spider in the family Uloboridae. It is one of only a few Uloborus species found in North America and the only species found in Canada.[1] Like all other species in the Uloboridae family Uloborus glomosus does not possess venom glands, relying instead on cribellate, a fuzzy non sticky silk that they use to trap and then wrap their prey.

References

Muma, Martin H.; Gretsch, Willis J. "The Spider Family Uloboridae in North America North of Mexico" (PDF).

  1. ^ "Species Uloborus glomosus - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 27 December 2016.