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Angular Orbweaver Spider

Araneus angulatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 114, February 84, March 131, April 207, May 298, June 325, July 348, August 299, September 220, October 164, November 90, December 70.
United States2,348
Alaska2,348
Russia1,006
Spain481
France451
Italy336
Germany243
Portugal200
Cataluña/Catalunya175
Nord-Ovest147

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Angular Orbweaver Spider with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.