Kawi spider (Leucauge wulingensis)

Kawi spider (Leucauge wulingensis) is a species of animal in the Tetragnathidae, spiders are small, arboreal, black or purple or brown front segment, silver or white back segment, live in shady bushes, forests and bamboo groves.

L. wulingensis has a body on the front segment that is oval or round, dark blue or purple or brown or black and shiny, has several protrusions and is glabrous.

The rear segment is elongated cylindrical and has a larger size than the front segment, the base and ends are rounded, white or silver in color with dark linear stripes.

The legs are dark. The first pair of legs are very long and the fourth pair of legs the shortest. The first and second pairs of legs are often attached together at rest.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Infraorder: Entelegynae
Superfamily: Araneoidea
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Leucauge
Species: Leucauge wulingensis

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