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Humped Trashline Orbweaver

Cyclosa turbinata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 54, February 47, March 51, April 93, May 59, June 59, July 90, August 92, September 82, October 66, November 63, December 48.
United States2,820
California671
Texas326
Virginia203
Ohio200
North Carolina192
Maryland134
Canada103
Ontario103
Tennessee101

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
GenusTrashline Orbweavers · Cyclosa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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