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Ogre-faced spider
Ogre-faced spider A net-casting spider (Deinopis subrufa) holds a web in Masoala National Park, Madagascar. Net-casting spiders are members of the ogre-faced spider family.

ogre-faced spider

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Also known as: Deinopidae, Dinopidae
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See also list of spiders.

ogre-faced spider, (family Deinopidae), small family of spiders so named for the fact that one of their pairs of eyes is unusually large, producing an ogrelike appearance. The spiders primarily occur throughout the tropics. One genus, Deinopis, the net-casting spider, carries a web that is thrown over prey. Other genera include Menneus, the humpbacked spiders, and Asianopis.

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