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Pretty Orbweaver

Eriophora nephiloides

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) susanmasta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 35, February 37, March 42, April 11, May 7, June 34, July 32, August 52, September 21, October 13, November 8, December 13.
Costa Rica305
Provincia Puntarenas103
Provincia Limón83
Provincia Heredia75
Panama71
Ecuador56
Colón Province37
Provincia Alajuela34
Peru21
Colombia20

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
GenusEriophora

Sources

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Practise Pretty Orbweaver with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.