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Six-spotted Orbweaver

Araniella displicata

15,665 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 Ontario.January 57, February 58, March 92, April 180, May 345, June 292, July 122, August 110, September 116, October 95, November 59, December 53.
United States8,446
Canada4,005
Ontario1,448
New York1,383
Vermont715
Massachusetts694
California685
British Columbia603
Michigan554
Quebec533

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
GenusCucumber Spiders · Araniella

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