Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
Kingdom | Animalia – Animal, animals |
Phylum | Arthropoda – arthropods |
Subphylum | Chelicerata – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme |
Class | Arachnida – arachnids |
Order | Araneae – spiders, aranhas |
Family | Araneidae Clerck, 1757 |
Genus | Araneus Clerck, 1757 |
Species | Araneus bicentenarius (McCook, 1888) |
Araneus bicentenarius, (McCook, 1888), Taxonomic Serial No.: 851302 |
Thanks to http://bugguide.net/node/view/301521 for the I.D. and Al Hight (NC Cooperative Extension) for a verification.
This spider was found among pecan trees and camouflaged. It was quite large in size and having interesting markings on its body. The following photos may be used for non-commercial, eduational purposes, with all respective credits intact.
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Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Full resolution image araneus_bicentenarius_005.jpg, 1689 k
Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Full resolution image araneus_bicentenarius_007.jpg, 1777 k
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Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Full resolution image araneus_bicentenarius_041.jpg, 1393 k
Araneus bicentenarius - Giant Lichen Orbweaver, Full resolution image araneus_bicentenarius_042.jpg, 1391 k
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