Species Acanthepeira stellata - Starbellied Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Spider on Pantleg - Acanthepeira stellata

Starbellied Orbweaver - Acanthepeira stellata - female

Starbellied Orbweaver - Acanthepeira stellata

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

Species stellata (Starbellied Orbweaver)

Other Common Names

Starbellied Orb Weaver

Explanation of Names

Latin for "starred" from stella- "star"

Size

Female 7 to 15 mm

Male 5 to 8 mm

Range

New England and Canada, south to Florida and west to Kansas and Arizona. (1)

Habitat

Sunny areas, usually within four feet of the ground in an orb web built in the vertical position. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide By W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 23 August, 2008 - 1:17pm

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