Talk:Uloborus plumipes

I liked the fact that the entry opens up by presenting nicknames for this spider that are easy to understand like “feather-legged lace weaver”. I also like the fact that the infobox provided a map of where the spider could be found, an interesting picture and the scientific classification of the spider. I also thought the behavioral explanation on how the spider weaves webs and can camouflage successfully was detailed and clear. I thought it was really interesting that the female spider communicated her intentions by pulling threads and shaking the occupied web. This way, she is able to scare off intruders in her territory. With relation to economic defendability, this spider deems it cost affective to display, which makes sense because it being suspended in the air in its own web makes it harder for predators to reach it, making the display more likely to be effective.

The three categories that could be added to this entry are: venom, reproduction and habitat. First off, the entry mentions that these spiders leave eggs on house plants. For a species with such high level of human exposure, the entry should talk about whether the spider is venomous or not. Secondly, the entry explains the intricate ways the female spiders hangs up the eggs in her web but does not talk about the quantity or duration of these eggs that are incubating. There is also no mention of their life cycle, and this would be interesting to learn about because would have liked to learn how these spiders started weaving these intricate webs. Lastly, the entry talks about how these spiders are really good at camouflaging against dark wood and also mentions that they leave eggs on house plants. This might have the reader confused on what the habitat of this spider is, so a category focusing on that would be clarifying.

Keremyucebas (talk) 23:03, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Keremyucebas