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Gum nut orb-weavers
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Gum nut orb-weavers

Carepalxis

Carepalxis is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872. These spiders only build webs at night and break them down in the morning. C. coronata builds orb webs up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter with closely woven spiral threads.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Carepalxis bilobata

speciesCarepalxis bilobata

Carepalxis beelzebub

speciesCarepalxis beelzebub

Carepalxis montifera

speciesCarepalxis montifera

Carepalxis megalostylus

speciesCarepalxis megalostylus

Carepalxis tuberculata

speciesCarepalxis tuberculata

Carepalxis ferreirasousai

speciesCarepalxis ferreirasousai

Carepalxis tholos

speciesCarepalxis tholos

Carepalxis kolla

speciesCarepalxis kolla

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249980.