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Arrowhead Orbweaver

Verrucosa arenata

16,902 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 Virginia.January 156, February 167, March 183, April 299, May 388, June 193, July 156, August 353, September 468, October 226, November 139, December 143.
United States14,735
Virginia1,768
North Carolina1,729
Tennessee1,159
Maryland1,080
Ohio979
Georgia864
Missouri715
Kentucky608
Alabama535

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
GenusVerrucosa

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