Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841)

Orchard Orbweaver, Orchard Spider

Synonyms: Epeira venusta, Argyroepeira hortorum, Argyroepeira venusta, Leucauge hortorum

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Family: Tetragnathidae

Genus: Leucauge

Species: Leucauge venusta

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Leucauge venusta