{"id":68242,"date":"2025-10-11T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=68242"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:15:50","slug":"araneus-nox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/araneus-nox\/","title":{"rendered":"Araneus nox"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Araneus nox Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a survey by researchers in Idukki Wildlife sanctuary reported the first record of spider species Araneus nox in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Araneus nox<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>orb-weaving spider species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the Araneidae family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the <\/span><b>Leathery Garden Orb-weaver<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first documented in 1877 by French <\/span><b>arachnologist Eug\u00e8ne Simon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Basilan in the Philippines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is known for spinning near-perfect, <\/span><b>vertically oriented circular webs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on vegetation and tree branches.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in <\/span><b>gardens, forests, and backyards<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam and also in Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its coloration can vary from light brown to jet black, sometimes featuring clusters of light brown setae on the abdomen&#8217;s sides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small and <\/span><b>medium-sized orb-weaver<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a distinctively textured, leathery abdomen.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are orb-weaving spiders?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are of the family Araneidae (Argiopidae or Epeiridae) of the order Araneida, a large and widely distributed group noted for their orb-shaped webs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The orb spiders are a large group of spiders that weave <\/span><b>round, more or less symmetrical webs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suspended in open-air spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/survey-in-idukki-sanctuary-reports-first-record-of-spider-species-araneus-nox-in-india\/article70143681.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Araneus nox is an orb-weaving spider species belonging to the Araneidae family. 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