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Butterfly Orbweaver

Araneus pegnia

3,986 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 37, February 39, March 43, April 70, May 91, June 45, July 41, August 62, September 43, October 42, November 33, December 33.
United States2,658
Virginia545
Maryland514
Texas242
Ohio165
North Carolina134
West Virginia100
Mexico95
Tennessee84
Pennsylvania82

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyOrbweavers · Araneidae
GenusAngulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers · Araneus

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