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Lattice Orbweaver

Araneus thaddeus

1,812 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 11, February 11, March 12, April 20, May 26, June 13, July 11, August 10, September 14, October 21, November 9, December 10.
United States1,102
Canada158
Virginia157
Ontario148
Maryland142
Michigan79
North Carolina75
New York73
Pennsylvania67
Ohio64

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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