Species Larinioides patagiatus

Classification · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Male Orb Weaver - Larinioides patagiatus - male

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 patagiatus (Larinioides patagiatus)

Identification

Images the best match the pattern drawings in The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23:

Eye Arrangement:

Range

Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California and southern Texas. (1)

AB, AK, AZ, BC, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MB, ME, MI, MN, MT, NB, NC, ND, NF, NH, NJ, NS, NT, NY, OH, OK, ON, OR, PA, PQ, RI, SD, SK, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

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 24 June, 2007 - 1:13am
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 5:42pm

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