Species Larinioides cornutus - Furrow Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spider found in North West Ohio and Central Indiana - Larinioides cornutus

Foliate spider - Larinioides cornutus - male

L. Cornutus Spiders?? - Larinioides cornutus

Orb-weaving spider on Lake Erie dock - Larinioides cornutus

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)

Species cornutus (Furrow Orbweaver)

Other Common Names

Foliate spider

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nuctenea cornuta

Size

6-14 mm (female), 5-9 mm (male)

Identification

Best matches to drawings in The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23:

Range

Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, Florida and Panama. (1)

AB, AK, AL, AR, BC, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NB, NC, NE, NF, NJ, NH, NM, NS, NT, NY, OH, OK, ON, OR, PA, PE, PQ, RI, SC, SK, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, YT

Print References

Howell, pp. 170-171, fig. 96 (2)

Internet References

~ kaston.transy.edu - Range.

~ delta-intkey.com/britsp - Illustrations.

Works Cited

1.	The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23 By Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi

2.	Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide By W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 October, 2005 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 5:40pm

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