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Species Larinioides sclopetarius - Gray Cross Spider

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Larinioides (Furrow spiders)
Species sclopetarius (Gray Cross Spider)
Other Common Names
Bridge Orbweaver
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Clerck. Year first published: 1758.
Identification
Images that match best to pattern drawings in The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23:


Eye Arrangement:
Range
British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to Utah, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. (1)

BC, CT, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, NB, NF, NH, NS, NY, OK, OH, ON, PA, PQ, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV
Internet References
~ kaston.transy.edu - Range.
~ delta-intkey.com - Illustrations.
Works Cited
1.The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23
By Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 19 June, 2007 - 6:44pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, kschnei
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 5:43pm

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