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Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882)

barn orbweaver

Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882) Habitus

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Araneus Clerck, 1757
        Species: Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882) LSID
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Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers
Species Common Name:  barn orbweaver

Point Collections & Seasonality

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: Click for State/Province abbreviations NB NS ON QC MA NH

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Seasonality

Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882) seasonality


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Natural History & Image(s)

Feeding Guild: orb weavers
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Rock crevace and culvert; Veranda of house; On house window; On house; In storage barn, L. Code Farm; Underside of concrete bridge;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:

Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1882) habitus
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Synonyms and Chresonyms

Epeira cavatica Keyserling 1881 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052734
Araneus cavaticus Keyserling 1882 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9737457
Epeira cinerea Emerton 1884 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052735
Epeira cavatica Keyserling 1892 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052736
Epeira cavatica McCook 1894 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052737
Epeira cinerea Emerton 1902 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052738
Araneus cavaticus Petrunkevitch 1911 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052739
Aranea cavatica Comstock 1940 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052740
Aranea cavatica Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2052741
Araneus cavaticus Levi 1971 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735258
Araneus cavaticus Dondale et al. 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2009587
Araneus cavaticus Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2009588

Taxonomic References Instructions

Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.

Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.

Keyserling, E. 1881. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 31: 269-314.

Levi, H. W. 1971. The diadematus group of the orb-weaver genus Araneus north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 131-179.

McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791. To publisher...

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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