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Starbellied Orbweaver

Acanthepeira stellata

4,617 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 20, February 20, March 22, April 42, May 32, June 37, July 31, August 12, September 23, October 21, November 19, December 19.
United States1,561
Canada347
Texas260
Ontario251
Kansas135
Ohio111
Virginia102
Missouri91
New York81
Maryland77

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
GenusStar-bellied Orb-web Spiders · Acanthepeira

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