Genus Acanthepeira

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

Starbellied Orb Weaver - Acanthepeira stellata

Star-bellied Orb Weaver (?) - Acanthepeira

Saw this guy just standing around on a quater inch rope clothes-line in the mountains of Vermont - Acanthepeira

BG2108 E2833 - Acanthepeira cherokee - female

Starbellied Orbweaver - Acanthepeira stellata - 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 Acanthepeira

Numbers

4 species in the United States & Canada.

cherokee Levi, 1976 - USA

marion Levi, 1976 - USA

stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) - Canada to Mexico

venusta (Banks, 1896) - USA

Range

cherokee - AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, MD, MO, MS, NC, TX, VA

marion - AL, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN

stellata - AL, AZ, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, ON, PQ, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV

venusta - FL, GA, NC, SC, VA

Internet References

~ kaston.transy.edu - List of species and ranges.

~ www.emoria.edu - Image of an Acanthepeira cherokee female from Kansas.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 11:27pm

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