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Humped orbweb spider

Gibbaranea gibbosa

1,998 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 149, February 110, March 172, April 271, May 391, June 426, July 456, August 392, September 288, October 215, November 117, December 92.
United States3,079
Alaska3,079
Germany327
France296
United Kingdom288
England283
Hessen78
Poland71
Netherlands68
Île-de-France66

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
GenusGibbaranea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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