Species Araneus montereyensis

Classification · Remarks · Internet References

OC Orb Weaver - Araneus montereyensis - Araneus montereyensis - female

Spider with a V pattern on Abdomen - Araneus montereyensis

Spider with a V pattern on Abdomen a few days later - Araneus montereyensis

The Ventral View Closer - Araneus montereyensis

Mrs V stares back - Araneus montereyensis

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 Araneus

Species montereyensis (Araneus montereyensis)

Remarks

Page creation based on the identification of these images by Dr. Lenny Vincent.

Internet References

PDF of "A Key to Arboreal Spiders of Douglas-Fir and True Fir Forests of the Pacific Northwest" by Andrew R. Moldenke, et al.

(See page 28 for a photo of the A. montereyensis female.)

Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 24 June, 2009 - 2:01pm

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