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Genus Larinioides - Furrow spiders

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers
Orb Weavers - Larinioides sclopetarius Big spider - Larinioides I think an Orb Weaver - Larinioides sclopetarius Pacific Northwest Orb Spider - Larinioides sclopetarius Larinioides cornutus - male Orb Weaver? - Larinioides larinoides (?) after molting - Larinioides sclopetarius - male Brown Orb Spider - Larinioides cornutus - female
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 Larinioides (Furrow spiders)
Other Common Names
No common name for the genus.
Pronunciation
lar-i-nee-OY-deez
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly genus Nuctenea
Numbers
Three species in the US, cornuta, patagiata, sclopetaria, all fairly widespread
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 5 October, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz
Last updated 18 June, 2007 - 7:17pm

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