Pasilobus

13, see text Pasilobus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

[3] As of April 2019[update] it contains thirteen species from Asia and Africa:[1] Females of the genus Pasilobus construct "triangular spanning-thread webs".

Widely spaced threads with sticky drops span the three radii of these webs.

Like other genera in the subfamily Cyrtarachninae s.l., Pasilobus species produce special sticky drops that adhere to moths.

Some members of the subfamily have been shown to produce mimics of the sex pheromones that female moths emit to attract males, and it has been speculated that Pasilobus may do this as well.

Cartoon showing Pasilobus web with prey swinging (dashed line)