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Species Metepeira grandiosa

male Metepeira - Metepeira grandiosa - male

spider with retreat - Metepeira grandiosa - 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 Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Metepeira

Species grandiosa (Metepeira grandiosa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Chamberlin & Ivie. Year first published: 1941.

Identification

2 subspecies - both have no median longitudinal band on the black sternum. - I don't know if these two are still considered subspecies.

- alpina - Coxae never black.

- grandiosa - More variable than the others.

Range

2 subspecies

- alpina- Rocky Mountains - Rocky Mountain area of Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Oklahoma, to British Columbia, Oregon and south to Chihuahua.

- grandiosa - Pacific - British Columbia to California.

Season

2 subspecies

- alpina- June to August

- grandiosa - March to October.

Internet References

1. www.biodiversitylibrary.org - The Orb-Weaver Genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America North of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae) by Herbert W. Levi

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 February, 2010 - 10:45pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 8:04am

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