Species Metellina segmentata

Classification · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited

autumn spider - Metellina segmentata - female

Unknown Spider - Metellina segmentata - female

Adult female - Metellina segmentata - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Metellina

Species segmentata (Metellina segmentata)

Identification

Adult Female

Adult Male

Range

Non-native species, endemic to Europe and Asia. Established in BC & WA so far.(1)

See Also

M. curtisi (less common in the fall but still a possible find) looks essentially identical except for the epigynum. - Rod Crawford

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 Lynette Elliott on 24 October, 2007 - 9:29am
Additional contributions by Mandy Howe
Last updated 14 June, 2013 - 5:22am

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