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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Trashline Orbweavers (Cyclosa) » Cyclosa conica

Species Cyclosa conica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Cyclosa conica - female Strange Spider 1 - Cyclosa conica Spider in Web - Cyclosa conica - male Trashline Orbweaver - Cyclosa conica Adult Male - Cyclosa conica - male Voucher Images - Cyclosa conica - male Trashline Orbweaver - Cyclosa conica Cyclosa conica? - Cyclosa conica
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 Cyclosa (Trashline Orbweavers)
Species conica (Cyclosa conica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
C. conica can be distinguished from the other species in this genus by the folded paramedian apophysis and one or two ventral macrosetae on coxa IV (male; see third thumbnail), and by the posteriorly tapered median septum (female). (1)

Female


Male
Range
Widespread in the USA, Alaska, & Canada, but uncommon in the southeastern USA and the southern half of the Great Plains.(1)
Life Cycle
Mature from mid-may to summer. Egg sac is round and golden yellow.(1)
Internet References
Internet References
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 3 December, 2005 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz, pfeiffer, Mandy Howe
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 9:13am

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