Aculepeira ceropegia
| Oak Spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Aculepeira |
| Species: | A. ceropegia |
| Binomial name | |
| Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) | |
Aculepeira ceropegia, male
Aculepeira ceropegia, the oak spider, is an orb-weaving spider species with Palearctic distribution.
This spider is easy to identify due to its unique marking in the form of an oak leaf.
Female spiders grow up to 14 mm, males only up to 8 mm.
Name
Ceropegia is a genus of succulent plants with about 200 species.
References
- Roberts, M.J. (1995): Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. - Bath: Ramsbury. ISBN 0-00-219981-5
- Norman I. Platnick, 2006. The World Spider Catalog, Version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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