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Gorse Orbweaver

Agalenatea redii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 249, February 184, March 288, April 453, May 653, June 712, July 762, August 655, September 481, October 359, November 196, December 153.
United States5,147
Alaska5,147
France2,638
Spain1,192
Occitanie942
Portugal688
Germany636
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur513
Italy509
United Kingdom453

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
GenusAgalenatea

Sources

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