Araneus extensively. The short documentary "Epeira diadema" (1952) by Italian director Alberto Ancilotto was nominated for an Oscar in 1953. It is about the spider today known as "Araneus diadematus". "Araneus" spiders possess various venoms, but will deliver a dry bite on 8 of 10 occasions. Females bite more often than males, who would rather flee or feign death. Araneus Araneus is a genus of common orb-weaving spiders. It includes about 650 species, among which are the European garden spider and the barn spider. Spiders of this genus present perhaps the most obvious case of sexual dimorphism among all of the
Iberian shrew juveniles, the fur is also adapted for cold, damp habitats: each guard hair possesses an indentation along its length that helps to prevent water from reaching the body. The skull of "S. granarius" can be used to distinguish it from other species belonging to the European "Sorex araneus" group of shrews. Comparatively, the snout of "S. granarius" is small and flat, the mandible possesses a diminished coronoid process and a narrow angular process, and the temporal fossa of the skull resembles a triangle. The "Sorex araneus" group of European shrews consists of "S. araneus", "S. coronatus", and "S. granarius", with