Spiders smaller than a grain of sand

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Spiders smaller than a grain of sand 5 0
Posted by duddy   June 14, 2013   8351 views
Two new species of spiders have been discovered in China, and neither of them are bigger than a grain of sand. They live in the damp litter of the forest, which is why they had gone unnoticed for so long. Both species are part of the Mysmenidae family, which are somewhat poorly understood orb-weaving spiders. Mysmena wawuensis (top) measures 0.75 mm, while Trogloneta yuensis (bottom) is 1.01 mm.
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1 I don't mean to make the arachnophobes panic or anything, but this family is known to balloon: fly using a thread of silk to catch air currents so it can fly Posted on Jun 15, 2013 by savio 2 This is very interesting! I wonder how people started to notice these spiders Posted on Jun 26, 2013 by doseofmegan