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Species Metepeira labyrinthea - Labyrinth Orbweaver

Orb Weaver Molting - Metepeira labyrinthea - male

Labyrinth Orbweaver - Metepeira labyrinthea - female

Labyrinth Orbweaver - Metepeira labyrinthea - male

Shrub Orbweaver Spider - Dorsal - Metepeira labyrinthea

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 Metepeira

Species labyrinthea (Labyrinth Orbweaver)

Identification

The Spiders of the Eastern US says that the Metepeira labyrinthea can be distinguished from other orbweavers by having longer terminal leg segments "(tarsus plus metatarsus longer than tibia plus patella)".

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 December, 2005 - 12:03pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 10:04am

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