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Shamrock Orbweaver

Araneus trifolium

7,367 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 60, February 62, March 98, April 191, May 367, June 172, July 130, August 182, September 397, October 101, November 63, December 56.
United States4,065
Canada3,186
Ontario1,541
New York811
Quebec477
California460
Michigan381
British Columbia301
Minnesota241
Nova Scotia222

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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