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Araneus diadematus MHNT Femelle Fronton🕷️

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SpeciesAraneaeAraneidae
Arthropods

🕷️Araneus diadematus

Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757

La araña de jardín europea o araña de la cruz (Araneus diadematus) es una especie de araña araneomorfa de la familia Araneidae, caracterizada por unas manchas claras en su parte dorsal. Es muy común y sus telarañas espirales bien conocidas en Europa occidental. También vive en algunas zonas de América del Norte, en una región que se extiende desde Nueva Inglaterra hasta el sudeste de Estados Unidos y partes adyacentes de Canadá. Se alimenta de pequeños animales que caza con sus telarañas.

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Also called
european garden spider, Garden spider
Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.01 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Araneus diadematus

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.01 maverage0.01–0.01 m · range across sexes
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Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female, male.

By sex

  • Male0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
  • Female0.02 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Body size of European spiders from Spiders of Europe; Nentwig et al. 2018
  • Female0 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Brændegaard 1958
  • Female0 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Brændegaard 1958
  • Female0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; McCook 1894

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classArachnida
  4. ›orderAraneae
  5. ›familyAraneidae
  6. ›genusAraneus
  7. ›speciesAraneus diadematus
Full lineage
  1. orderSpiders · Araneae
  2. superfamilyAraneoidea
  3. familyAraneidae
  4. genusAraneus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumChelicerata
  4. orderSpiders · Araneae
  5. suborderAraneomorphae
  6. superfamilyAraneoidea
  7. familyAraneidae
  8. genusAraneus
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Kruisspin (nl), křižák obecný (cs), Gartenkreuzspinne (de), ristihämähäkki (fi), Aranea diadematus (fr), Krzyżak ogrodowy (pl) … and 22 more languages
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