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Species Araneus andrewsi

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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 andrewsi (Araneus andrewsi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
Female (adult/juvenile) -also see remarks below

Epigynum
Range
California north to Oregon (1)
Remarks
Compare these two different voucher females, collected only 32 miles apart in California:
Works Cited
1.The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico
H. W. Levi. 1971. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 141(4): 131-179.