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Species Araneus pegnia

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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 Araneus
Species pegnia (Araneus pegnia)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Size
Females ~ 6 mm
Males ~ 5 mm
Range
From Mass. to Indiana, common in the southeastern US, in the south west to Los Angeles, CA. (1)
Works Cited
1.Small Orb-weavers of the Genus Araneus North of Mexico
Levi, H. W. 1973. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 145(9):473-552 .
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 December, 2005 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 4 August, 2015 - 9:42am

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