| Aculepeira packardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Aculepeira |
| Species: | A. packardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) | |
Aculepeira packardi is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae, which lives in North America, Russia, China and Kazakhstan. [1] [2] [3]
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