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Species Araneus bonsallae

Green Orbweaver - Araneus bonsallae - male

Which Araneus? - Araneus bonsallae - male

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 bonsallae (Araneus bonsallae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: McCook. Year first published: 1894.

Size

Female 6 mm

Male 4 mm

Identification

To separate from other similar looking green Araneus, look for the dark patch on the dorsum.

Palp

Range

New York to Florida and west to Kansas and Texas (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 28 May, 2011 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 4:31pm

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