The green spider
is an indigenous member of the huntsman spider family. This family got its name
because of its fast active hunting habits.
It is
characterised by its bright green colour which perfectly camouflages it in the
green vegetation in which it lives. Females can grow up to 14mm while males do
not exceed 9 mm.
In Maltese it is
called known as brimba ħadra which I assume is another name
given by naturalists as like many species that are not common it does not have
a popular Maltese name. The green spider is found around the Mediterranean and
in Central Asia. In Europe it can sometimes be found further north including in
Great Britain where it has been introduced.
Adult green
spiders can be found in the Maltese countryside as early as mid-winter. They
lay eggs in February which hatch within one month. The female shelters herself
by tying the edges of a large leave together and spins a cocoon inside. She
then seals herself in the cocoon to protect herself and her eggs. While inside
the cocoon she does not feed. When the eggs hatch the spiderlings are immobile
and remain so for about a week when they change their first skin.
They then
leave the nest to start hunting independently.
At this stage the
adult female spider dies although sometimes she survives for some more time.
Further north,
where winters are colder than in Malta the adult spider appears in late winter
and the young hatch in early spring.
The huntsman
family of spiders consists of more than a thousand species most of which are
found in warm temperate and tropical parts of the world. They do not build webs
and hunt for other insects and other invertebrates running up and down vertical
faces and down walls. Like most spiders they immobilise
or kill their prey by injecting it with venom.
This article was published in the Times of Malta on 12 February 2015.
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