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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Araneus juniperi

Species Araneus juniperi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Araneus juniperi adult female - Araneus juniperi - female Unknown Green Spider - Araneus juniperi Unknown Green Spider - Araneus juniperi green spider - Araneus juniperi - male Araneus juniperi - female Araneus juniperi - female Araneus juniperi - female Araneus juniperi - male
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 juniperi (Araneus juniperi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Juniperi differs from bivittatus by having the abdomen subspherical rather than oval, and the bands much less distinct, separated by lighter green rather than white. (1)

Palp
Range
Nova Scotia south to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas (2)
Works Cited
1.Small Orb-weavers of the Genus Araneus North of Mexico
Levi, H. W. 1973. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 145(9):473-552 .
2.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.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 20 August, 2006 - 10:30am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins
Last updated 14 January, 2023 - 5:15pm

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