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Genus Metellina

Orb Weaver - Metellina segmentata - female

autumn spider - Metellina segmentata - female

longjawed orbweaver - Metellina segmentata - female

Beige & blackish Orb Weaver with multi-color patterned abdomen in vertical web - Metellina curtisi - female

M. curtisi male - Metellina curtisi - 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 Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Metellina

Numbers

3 species in Bugguide's Range.

Range

Exact distribution within these countries will be added when time permits.

curtisi - USA & Canada

mimetoides - USA & Canada

segmentata - Paearctic (Canada & Northwestern USA introduced)

Internet References

~ crawford.tardigrade.net - Image of a female Metellina curtisi.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 October, 2006 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 11 October, 2011 - 9:32am

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