Abstract: An exhaustive study was conducted for five years to record seasonal favourability of Spiders belonging to the family Araneidae in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. Spiders were collected by standard methods and 19 Families were identified of which family Araneidae formed 16% of all the obtained spider fauna with a total of 391 individuals belonging to 11 genus & 28 species. The results of the study showed that majority of the spiders of family Araneidae were obtained during months of June to December (35.71% ) showing seasonal favourability to Monsoon and Winter season and least obtained during months of March, April and May (3.57%) showing least seasonal favourability to Summer season.
Keywords: Arachnida, Aranae, Araneidae, Dakshina Kannada, Seasonal favourability, Spiders.
Title: Seasonal Favourability of Spiders Belonging to Family Araneidae in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka
Author: Jnaneshwari.S.Joshi, Venkateswarlu.M
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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