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Species Araneus groenlandicola

Araneus trifolium - Araneus groenlandicola Araneus trifolium - Araneus groenlandicola Araneidae - Orb Weavers - Araneus groenlandicola unknown - Araneus groenlandicola Large Orb Weaver Spider on the road - Araneus groenlandicola
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 Araneus
Species groenlandicola (Araneus groenlandicola)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Range
In Canada found in AB, MB, ON, QC, NS, LB, NF. It is also known from Minnesota.(1)
Habitat
Among low shrubs on bogs and arctic tundra. (1)
Works Cited
1.The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23
Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi. 2003. NRC Research Press.