India: Two-tailed spider in Tehatta

Soumyabrata Roy

Tree trunk spiders (Family Hersiliidae) are a tropical and subtropical family of spiders. They are also called "two-tailed spiders" because their rear spinnerets are longer than usual, and appear like tails. Spinnerets are the organs with which the spiders spin their silk. These are small flat-bodied spiders that reside upon tree trunks and rock surfaces. They are roaming hunters, using speed to ambush small invertebrate prey. Here pair of tiny Tree trunk spiders are mating and almost camouflage with the wall. During mating, they also trying to hunt Wasp Moth at Tehatta.