Acanthepeira venusta
| Acanthepeira venusta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- ^ "Acanthepeira venusta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Acanthepeira venusta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Acanthepeira venusta". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Acanthepeira venusta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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.