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Species Araneus cingulatus

little spider, big mouthparts - Araneus cingulatus

Blurry green spider - Araneus cingulatus

Male Araneus - Araneus cingulatus - male

Possible Araneus cingulatus? - Araneus cingulatus

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 cingulatus (Araneus cingulatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Latin for "belted" from cingulum- "belt or girdle"

Identification

Palp

Epigynum

Range

Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Missouri and Texas (1) but BugGuide has data that suggest west to Minnesota and Oklahoma as well.

Print References

Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, page 142

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 Christopher Hunt on 21 September, 2005 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, cheins, Chuck Entz, JohnMaxwell22, Chris Grinter
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 10:52am

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