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Arabesque Orbweaver

Neoscona arabesca

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 73, February 75, March 118, April 232, May 445, June 209, July 319, August 222, September 149, October 122, November 76, December 68.
United States12,484
Canada4,343
Ontario2,174
New York1,198
North Carolina1,109
Texas1,000
Virginia959
Ohio951
Maryland766
Quebec565

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
GenusSpotted Orbweavers · Neoscona

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