Spiders are not only poisonous and scary, but also beautiful, and even funny. And today we will introduce you to the types that fit to go to a beauty contest and fight for the title of the most attractive and charming.
Wikipedia is ready to tell about many of them, but also today you will get acquainted with those species that no encyclopedia will tell about. You will find out where they live, what is their life span, and colorful photos will allow you to imagine how these creatures look live.
So, get acquainted, the most beautiful spiders in the world. Put aside your fears and phobias aside, copies from our collection will definitely not bite you.
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Argiope Bruennichi or the spider wasp / Argiope bruennichi
It is no coincidence that they call it a wasp. Its fluffy body is covered with bright yellow stripes, which makes it look like a wasp. Such a bright color serves as a bait for gullible insects. They think that such a sweet creature cannot be cruel. But all this is just a successful disguise. Handsome differs in a ruthless disposition and enjoys everyone who falls into his web network.
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Spiked orbiting spider or “horned” spider / Gasteracantha fornicata
The body of the spider (it lives in tropical forests) is covered with thorns and horns, making its appearance quite unusual. But all this is a successful disguise that attracts insects. Those mistakenly think that this is a dry branch, driftwood, but not a bloodthirsty predator. Once in its web, they no longer escape. The horned spider, like all its poisonous friends, hurries to feast on its victim, turning it into a jelly-like soup.
About these “friends” on most-beauty.ru, be sure to check out some interesting material - the TOP 10 of the planet’s most poisonous scorpions.
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Nephila Moth Weaver / Nephila
It is a genus of large spiders weaving the largest cobwebs. They are also called banana spiders, giant tree spiders or gold spiders. Their poison is comparable in strength with the poison of a black widow or karakurt. But he does not represent mortal danger to people. A person bitten by a round-robin, as a rule, recovers within a day from the moment of a bite.
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Golden Spider / Nephila pilipes, formerly N.maculata
We pass from general to particular and consider one of the representatives of the above described kind. Specialists found this species in Africa, Australia and in the warm regions of Asia. They are considered one of the largest. So, the length of the spider legs reaches 20 centimeters. The golden color of the body is an excellent bait for insects that from a distance take it for a flower.
An amazing fact, but these spiders have the ability to reflect ultraviolet rays, to which they are very sensitive.
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Spider Bokokhod / Heteropoda venatoria
Due to the peculiarity of walking sideways, it is also called a crab spider. His appearance makes an impression and allows you to get into our rating. On the muzzle of the spider there is a wide white stripe forming a "mustache". Such a strip attracts the attention of insects not only in the daytime, but also at night. Butterflies attracted by its brightness fly in the dark, but instead of a flower, they find a “cute” spider.
By the way, the latter regales not only butterflies and other insects. In his diet you can find scorpions, bats.
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Spider Orchid / Leucauge magnifica
Nature endowed this species with a very bright, unforgettable appearance. His back is covered with a silver fluff, but his stomach is covered with wide yellow stripes. The spider can turn on either side - the back and stomach serve as an excellent bait for insects that fall into the network to it even at night. Thinking that there is a flower in front of them, where they will collect nectar, they fall right into the spider's paws.
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Mirror Spider / Thwaitesia
This spider can be easily confused with jewelry, it looks so attractive and just brilliant. The surface of its abdomen is covered with a special reflective pigment guanine. It imitates the effect of a thousand mirror fragments. And what is surprising, the size of the "fragments" and their color change depending on the mood.
Body dimensions are quite miniature when compared with other giant representatives of the species. They reach a length of only 4 millimeters. Males are smaller than females. “Jewelry” spiders live in Australia; they were also seen in Singapore.
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Brazilian Spider Crab / Epicadus heterogaster
The ability of the Brazilian spider crab to mimic and repeat the surrounding colors is admirable. Now, you see a green creature ... a second, and before you is already a blue spider. From a distance insects take a predator for bright flowers, fly up too close to them, and ... fall into a sticky web. An interesting fact is, spider crabs of this species "cooperate" with other species with a less bright appearance. They act as bait for them, but then the production is divided in half. And who here doubted that insects have their own intelligence?
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Peacock Spider / Maratus volans
Unusual creatures, which we could not help but recall today, are peacock spiders. Bright colors are not their only highlight. Their central pair of eyes is equipped with a special “lens”, which allows more accurately and clearly perceive the surrounding colors. Thus, it is safe to say that these creatures see the world more clearly and accurately. They know that in this world there are colors that we did not even know existed.
It is interesting to watch them during the mating season. To attract a female, peacock spiders perform a ritual dance, swaying the body from side to side, and vibrating with their abdomen.
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Spiders Bolas / Mastophora hutchinsoni
Quite interesting creatures, from the other spiders they are distinguished by the inability to weave a web. They just do not know how to do it. How do they hunt, you ask? They spit out a thin silk thread with a sticky drop on the tip towards the insect flying by, and then pull it to themselves on such a “rope”.
And they also have the ability to produce a smell similar to the smell that females of moths emit. Feeling its delicate aroma in the air, moth males rush to a romantic date, but here they will surely die - an attack of a clever predator.
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Blue tarantula / Poecilotheria metallica
Blue tarantula - not only poses a threat to insects, but its bites are dangerous for humans. However, this does not prevent lovers of exotic animals from home to organize extreme sports and start this creation in a terrarium.
Watching the blue spider is really interesting, the rich colors attract the eye, but you should not forget for a second that you have a clever predator. Many keeper (as they call those who contain spiders at home) begin their acquaintance with the world of Araneae with the fact that they get a blue tarantula.
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Smiling Spider / Theridion grallator
To believe that spiders know how to smile, especially for people suffering from arachnophobia (fear of spiders), is quite difficult. But nature played another joke, having decided to place an ornament on the back of this kind that looked like a smiling face. So, this is the most positive spider in the world, a real "emoticon". You can meet him in the forests of Hawaii, but it is worth considering that he prefers to lead a nocturnal lifestyle, and leaves his shelter only at night. Especially likes rainy and damp weather.
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Water Spider / Argyroneta aquatica
Unlike spiders living in deserts and forests, this species lives under water. They breathe thanks to the air bubbles that he himself transports through the hairs of the abdomen to the underwater nest. By the way, even under water, he manages to weave a web.
Unlike other species, where females are always larger than males, a water spider also has the opposite. The lifestyle of the spiders is also different. They do not eat each other, but live in pairs.
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Riding Spider / Viciria praemandibularis
Small spiders live in Indonesia, Singapore. It is quite difficult to notice them in the grass, because the body of a small horse hardly reaches 1 centimeter in length. But, this type compensates for its small size with courage. Riders hunt as bravely as large individuals.
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Bagheera Kiplingi
This species is interesting not only in appearance (they have a large dark cephalothorax with green spots on the back and a red belly through which the stripes pass), but also in gastronomic preferences. Bagheera eats not only insects (they do not turn them into liquid soup, but gnaws off parts of the victim’s body), but also plants.
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Eight-Point Crab Spider / Platythomisus octomaculatus
Its fantastically yellow body surface combined with black spots makes this animal one of the most beautiful among arachnids. Agree, it is somewhat reminiscent of a toy or candy. Platythomisus octomaculatus was first discovered in the dense forests of Singapore in 1924. Its length was about 2.5 centimeters.
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Dendryphantinae
In the photo: Phidippus princeps
This subfamily of horse spiders has a photogenic appearance. not for nothing that photographers and cameramen love them so much. The family has many species that live across the planet, but more often they can be found in the countries of the New World.
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Avicular Versicolor / Caribena versicolor
This spider is amazing in that it changes color as it ripens. At first it has a blue color, which eventually turns into green. And when the spider fully matures, its green body is covered with reddish hairs. Females of this species are much larger than males and are able to jump more than 30 cm in length.
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Bird spider
This spider, having a rather original appearance, is an excellent master of disguise. When he presses his paws to his body, he becomes like ... bird droppings. This allows him to successfully hide from predators.
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Eriophora overseas / Eriophora transmarina
Perhaps Australia is home to many species of terrible animals, including many poisonous insects and arachnids. This handsome is no exception. What distinguishes him is that after each molt he changes his color! They can be white, black, brown, striped and even spotty.
Summary
In the photo: Spiked orbiting spider
Acquaintance with the most beautiful spiders in the world (we give in the article not only the name in Russian, but also the Latin official names of the species) may not save you from a phobia. But, looking at all these types, the photographs of which help to make a more realistic impression of them, reading the description of their features, you understand that their beauty has its own appeal. Who knows, maybe you will discover the world of spiders and be so carried away with them that you will become one of the keepers ?!
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And which spiders do you think are the most beautiful?