Acanthepeira venusta

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Acanthepeira venusta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acanthepeira
Species:
A. venusta
Binomial name
Acanthepeira venusta
(Banks, 1896)

Acanthepeira venusta is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in the United States, Cuba, and Hispaniola. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Females produce clutches containing approximately 232 eggs. Each egg measures about 0.88 mm in diameter and weighs around 0.34 mg. The average female body mass is about 182.0 mg. [5]

References

  1. "Acanthepeira venusta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Acanthepeira venusta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Acanthepeira venusta". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. Anderson, John F. (1990). "The Size of Spider Eggs and Estimates of Their Energy Content". The Journal of Arachnology. 18 (1): 73–78. ISSN   0161-8202.