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

Species Araneus trifolium - Shamrock Orbweaver

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Shamrock Orbweaver? - Araneus trifolium spider - Araneus trifolium shamrock spider - Araneus trifolium Spider - Araneus trifolium Spotted Orbweaver maybe? - Araneus trifolium Orb Weaver, which one? - Araneus trifolium - female Unknown Spider - Araneus trifolium ?Shamrock Orbweaver? - Araneus trifolium
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 trifolium (Shamrock Orbweaver)
Other Common Names
Pumpkin Spider
Shamrock Spider
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Araneus trifolium female occurs in a variety of colors:


Males


Palp

Epigynum
Range
Alaska to Newfoundland, south to California, New Mexico, and Alabama.(1)
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 john and jane balaban on 20 February, 2005 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz, kschnei, jsloan, Mandy Howe, Kyron Basu
Last updated 17 January, 2023 - 11:39am

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