SDSU biology professor Marshal Hedin and his students sampled multiple species on an expedition to the Sierra Nevada and came back with one that’s truly unique.
The lampshade-shaped web thatThis eight-legged creature is a geo-restricted spider that stays south of the Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada, preferring cool humid canyon habitats and rocks; therefore they aren’t going anywhere too far south, according to Hedin.genus is brown, orange and black, and, if you look closely, has iridescent specks with flashes of blue and green.
You would need to look very closely, in fact, because thespiders have evolved to be very resourceful with their naturally sticky lampshade-shaped webs. The shape allows for the spiders to reach past their rocks and catch prey that flies. On the other hand,don’t have a lot of prey to worry about. Rather, their biggest concern is climate change, according to Hedin. genus was discovered in 1994, making this a rare discovery.
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