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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Shamrock Orbweaver (Araneus trifolium)

Species Araneus trifolium - Shamrock Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Internet References
Araneus trifolium Orb-web Spider - Araneus trifolium Large Spider - Araneus trifolium - female spider - Araneus trifolium orb ? spider - Araneus trifolium shamrock spider - Araneus trifolium Shamrock Orbweaver - Araneus trifolium - female Pumpkin Spider? - Araneus trifolium - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Araneus
Species trifolium (Shamrock Orbweaver)
Other Common Names
Pumpkin Spider
Shamrock Spider
Range
The localities listed below are from images that have been frassed:
Erin, NY, New York
Garibaldi, Along the Tillamook Bay in Oregon County, Oregon
Internet References
Bugpeople.org
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 February, 2005 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 23 August, 2008 - 1:27pm

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