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Species Araneus pratensis

Orb weaver on the snow - Araneus pratensis

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 pratensis (Araneus pratensis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Size

Female ~ 4.5 mm

Male ~ 3.5 mm

Identification

Palp

Epigynum

Range

Maine south to Florida and west to Minnesota, Kansas and Texas (1)

Remarks

This species is nocturnal and does not build a retreat. (1)

See Also

Singa:

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.

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 5 June, 2007 - 7:03pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins
Last updated 8 January, 2023 - 10:36pm

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