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Fierce Orbweaver

Araneus saevus

5,020 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 Alaska.January 29, February 21, March 33, April 52, May 75, June 82, July 88, August 76, September 56, October 41, November 23, December 18.
Canada1,849
United States1,650
Alaska594
British Columbia365
Ontario358
Quebec263
Alberta241
New York177
Nunavut157
Nova Scotia155

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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