Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 673 No. 673 |
The spider species Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider, diadem spider, cross spider and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider, although this name is also used for a different species, Araneus marmoreus. It is an orb-weaver spider found in Europe and North America.
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->arachnids("class: Arachnids"):::active
arachnids-->typical-spiders("suborder: Typical Spiders"):::active
typical-spiders-->orbweavers("family: Orbweavers"):::active
orbweavers-.->cricket-bat-orbweaver(["species: Cricket-bat Orbweaver"])
orbweavers==>cross-orbweaver(["species: Cross Orbweaver"]):::active
orbweavers-.->cucumber-green-spider(["species: Cucumber Green Spider"])
click cricket-bat-orbweaver href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/orbweavers/cricket-bat-orbweaver/"
click cross-orbweaver href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/orbweavers/cross-orbweaver/"
click cucumber-green-spider href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/orbweavers/cucumber-green-spider/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click arachnids href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/"
click typical-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/"
click orbweavers href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/orbweavers/"
„A song in rustling leaves“
To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.
