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Species Trichonephila clavata - Jorō Spider

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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 Trichonephila (Golden Orb-weavers)
Species clavata (Jorō Spider)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
(see World Spider Catalog)
Explanation of Names
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Range
native to E Asia; USA: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma
iNaturalist
Remarks
earliest record in our area: Georgia, 2014
See Also
the native Trichonephila clavipes
Print References
Hoebeke E.R., Huffmaster W., Freeman B.J. (2015) Nephila clavata L Koch, the Joro Spider of East Asia, newly recorded from North America (Araneae: Nephilidae). PeerJ 3: e763 (Full text)
Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 12 March, 2015 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, cheins, v belov, Mandy Howe, metrioptera, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 7:27pm

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