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Spinybacked Orbweaver

Gasteracantha cancriformis

54,590 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 Texas.January 426, February 407, March 463, April 878, May 538, June 328, July 287, August 482, September 869, October 881, November 623, December 407.
United States29,344
Texas7,405
Mexico3,389
Brazil2,190
North Carolina1,788
Georgia1,685
Alabama1,565
Costa Rica1,358
South Carolina1,351
Louisiana1,126

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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
GenusSpiny Orbweavers · Gasteracantha

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