Linyphia triangularis

Linyphia triangularis is a European species of spider in the family Linyphiidae first described by Carl Alexander Clerck in his 1758 Svenska Spindlar.

[1] It has been introduced to the U.S. state of Maine, having been first reported there on 28 August 1983 at Stover Corner.

[3][4] Linyphia triangularis lives in a wide range of habitats, where it may be found among low bushes and vegetation.

It spins a horizontal sheet-web, and rests on the underside of the web for its prey.

[1][5] The prey are snared by "barrage lines" above the web, and fall onto the horizontal sheet, where they are killed by L. triangularis, but are not wrapped in silk.

Mating behaviour