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Species Araneus cavaticus - Barn Spider

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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 cavaticus (Barn Spider)
Other Common Names
Barn Spider
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 10 August, 2006 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by kschnei
Last updated 14 September, 2008 - 3:26pm

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