The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus, cross spider) is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Western Europe. Araneus diadematus also lives in parts of North America, in a range extending from New England and the Southeast to the Northwestern United States and adjacent parts of Canada. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Acarina Amblypygi Araneae Opiliones Palpigradi Pseudoscorpionida Ricinulei Schizomida Scorpiones Solifugae Uropygi The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. ... For other uses, see Spider (disambiguation). ... The Araneomorphae, previously called the Labidognatha, are a suborder of spiders. ... Genera many, see text The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the familiar builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Carl Alexander Clerck (1709-22 July 1765) was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Genera Araneus Argiope (St Andrews Cross spider) Dicrostichus Gasteracantha (Spiny orb-weavers) Larinia Mastophora Metepiera Micrathena Neoscona The orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) are the familiar builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... First Flag of New England, 1686-c. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...
Individual spiders' colouring can range from extremely light yellow to very dark gray, but all european garden spiders have mottled markings across the back with five or more large white dots forming a cross.
It is hard to provoke a garden spider to bite - if it does, the bite is slightly unpleasant and utterly harmless.
External links
Araneaus diadematus at Nick's Spiders of Britain and Europe
The Europeangardenspider (Araneus diadematus, cross spider) is a very common and well-known orb-weaver spider in Western Europe.
When treating a spider bite, a doctor rarely, if ever, sees the spider itself and when he or she sees a lesion that is typical of this spider's bite, the obvious conclusion is a brown recluse caused it.
Spider Woman, being a spinner, is represented by a tiny hole found in all traditional Navaho blankets that indicates the spot where she can escape.
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