5, see text Scoloderus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.

[2] They primarily feed on nocturnal moths using a ladder-type nest, featuring vertical extensions of sticky orbs above and below the circumference of the primary orb.

When a moth strikes the web, it slides down the ladder, leaving behind scales on the sticky silk until it is completely ensnared.

[3] As of April 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]

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