Araniella cucurbitina

Araniella cucurbitina
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Araniella
Species:
A. cucurbitina
Binomial name
Araniella cucurbitina
Synonyms
  • Araneus cucurbitinus
  • Aranea cucurbitina
  • Aranea frischii
  • Aranea octopunctata
  • Aranea viridis-punctata
  • Aranea depressa
  • Epeira cucurbitina
  • Miranda cucurbitina
  • Araneus cossoni

Araniella cucurbitina, sometimes called the "cucumber green spider", is a spider of the family Araneidae. Araniella cucurbitina is found across Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia and Japan. The cucurbitina in the name comes from the word cucurbit which is a family of plants including cucumbers.

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