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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus cingulatus

Species Araneus cingulatus

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Immature Spider - Araneus cingulatus green spider on fence - Araneus cingulatus bright green spider - Araneus cingulatus orb weaver - Araneus cingulatus Small green orbweaver - Araneus cingulatus little spider, big mouthparts - Araneus cingulatus little spider, big mouthparts - Araneus cingulatus Hitchhiking Spider - Araneus cingulatus
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 cingulatus (Araneus cingulatus)
Explanation of Names
Latin for "belted" from cingulum- "belt or girdle"
Print References
Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 142
Internet References
AwesomeSpiders.com
Contributed by Christopher Hunt on 21 September, 2005 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 30 August, 2008 - 3:50pm

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