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Giant Lichen Orbweaver

Araneus bicentenarius

6,320 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 119, February 113, March 129, April 244, May 591, June 402, July 160, August 67, September 80, October 85, November 111, December 108.
United States3,546
Texas1,359
Canada773
Ontario445
North Carolina228
Georgia159
Massachusetts151
New York150
Tennessee148
Minnesota133

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
GenusAngulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers · Araneus

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