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Species Kaira alba - Pale Frilled Orbweaver

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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 Kaira (Frilled Orbweavers)
Species alba (Pale Frilled Orbweaver)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Strong resemblance to a leaf or flower bud. Overall warty, bristly, irregular appearance.
Range
Statewide in Florida; also documented from Kansas and Texas. Records here on the Guide from Alabama and South Carolina as well.
Food
See the genus for a description of the remarkable foraging behavior
Print References
Guarisco, Hank 2006. An Unusual Orbweaving Spider, Kaira alba (Araneae: Araneidae), Recently Discovered in Kansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79 (3): 296

Marshall, Sam, and G.B. Edwards 2001. Florida's Fabulous Spiders. Tampa: World Publications.
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 20 August, 2008 - 2:29pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 20 October, 2020 - 8:54am

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