Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
| FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 Species: Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB BC SK CA CO MT WY
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Natural History, Phenology & 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): ex Eremophila gullet. Matador IBP; Ligature collections from nestling Calcarius ornatus; Roadside; Short grass prairie; web on wild bickheat; Pinus ponderosa in forest meadow; ex bird gullets. Matador IBP; Sandhills; Betula neoalaskana; prairie; Roadside grass; Roadside route; Various weed plants; Grass at edge of field; Potentilla; Rese bush and grass;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. Spiders collected by L. W. Saylor and others, mostly in California. Bull. Univ. Utah 31(8): 1-49.
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.
Levi, H. W. 1977. The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 185-238.
Piel, W. H. 2001. The systematics of Neotropical orb-weaving spiders in the genus Metepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 157: 1-92.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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