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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 · Remarks
Shamrock Spider - White variation - Araneus trifolium Orb Weaver - Araneus trifolium shamrock spider - Araneus trifolium We've been finding these around the outside of our house. Just curious as to what kind of spider it is. - Araneus trifolium Orbweaver - which one? Shamrock? - Araneus trifolium Shamrock Orbweaver - Araneus trifolium - female spider - Araneus trifolium - male possible crab spider? - Araneus trifolium
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
Remarks
Araneus trifolium occurs in a variety of colors:







Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 February, 2005 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei, jsloan, Mandy Howe
Last updated 14 March, 2012 - 12:47am

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