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Ornamental Orbweaver

Larinioides patagiatus

7,039 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 154, February 114, March 179, April 281, May 405, June 442, July 473, August 407, September 299, October 223, November 122, December 95.
United States4,179
Alaska3,195
Canada2,215
Alberta584
Nunavut441
Russia437
Ontario419
British Columbia245
Quebec232
Manitoba190

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
GenusFurrow Spiders · Larinioides

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