Species Larinia directa

Classification · Range · See Also

Is this spider in the genus Tibellus? - Larinia directa

Longjawed Orb Weavers (Tetragnathidae)? - Larinia directa - female

Larinia directa in Florida - Larinia directa

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 Larinia

Species directa (Larinia directa)

Range

AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA

(Looks like anything tropical or very far south plus anything in the southeast, Arkansas to NC and south is directa)

See Also

The pattern on this spider is similar to Neoscona pratensis.

Contributed by tom murray on 8 August, 2005 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette
Last updated 15 November, 2008 - 11:04pm

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