Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Suborder Araneomorphae Scientific name Nigma puella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Family Dictynidae Rank Species | |
Similar Nigma, Nigma walckenaeri, Nigma flavescens, Gibbaranea bituberculata, Dipoena melanogaster | ||
Nigma puella is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae. It is found in Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and parts of North Africa.
Like most members of the family, this is a small spider but the female is striking, with a light green abdomen marked with a bold maroon blotch and a variable amount of barring in the same colour. The male is reddish brown. This species makes a horizontal web over the top surface of a leaf.
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