Species Araneus cavaticus - Barn Spider

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks

Large Vermont spider: Shamrock orbweaver - Araneus trifolium - Araneus cavaticus

Giant Lichen Orbweaver? - Araneus cavaticus - female

Araneus cavaticus? - Araneus cavaticus - 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 Araneus

Species cavaticus (Barn Spider)

Other Common Names

Barn Spider

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Identification

Araneus cavaticus is often confused with Neoscona crucifera. These two species can be differentiated using two main features:

1) Araneus cavaticus has 'shoulders' near the front on the dorsal side of the abdomen.

A. cavaticus N. crucifera

2) Araneus cavaticus has comma shaped ventral marks, Neoscona has more of a broken "L"

A. cavaticus N. crucifera

Remarks

This is the spider in the book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. The spider's full name is Charlotte A. Cavatica.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 10 August, 2006 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, kschnei
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 4:37pm

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