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Species Metepeira palustris

Adult Female - Metepeira palustris - female Retreat - Metepeira palustris - female Female in Retreat - Metepeira palustris - female Orb Weaver - Metepeira palustris Orb Weaver - Metepeira palustris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Metepeira
Species palustris (Metepeira palustris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Explanation of Names
Author of the name: Chamberlin & Ivie. Year first published: 1942.
Identification
No median longitudinal band on the black sternum. Black coxae, sometimes yellow coxae or both black and yellow coxae. (1)
Range
- eastern & northern - Canada to British Columbia, south to Maine, New York, South Dakota. (1)
Remarks
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of M. grandiosa.
Internet References
1. www.biodiversitylibrary.org - The Orb-Weaver Genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America North of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae) by Herbert W. Levi