[2] It consists of stick-like elongated spiders that catch prey by stretching a web across their front legs before propelling themselves forward.

These unusual webs will stretch two or three times their relaxed size, entangling any prey that touch them.

The posterior median eyes have excellent night vision, allowing them to cast nets accurately in low-light conditions.

In Florida, Deinopis often hangs upside down from a silk line under palmetto fronds during the day.

[4][5] Two genera formerly included in this family, Avella O. P-Cambridge, 1877 and Avellopsis Purcell, 1904, are now placed in Menneus.