Leucauge venusta: Difference between revisions

Orchard spider
	Adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Leucauge
Species:	L. venusta
Binomial name
	Leucauge venusta; (Walckenaer, 1842)

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Leucauge venusta, known as the orchard orbweaver spider, is a long-jawed orbweaver spider that occurs from southern Canada to Colombia, along the East coast, reaching into the central US, also in South Asia. The web is often oriented horizontally, with the spider hanging down in the center.

It is distinctively colored, with leaf-green legs and sides (which can sometimes vary to a dark green or even orange). The underside of its thorax is spotted with yellow and black, the top is silvery with brown and black streaks. The neon yellow, orange or red spots on the rear of the abdomen are variable in size among individuals and sometimes absent.

This species is parasitised by a wasp larva which attaches itself externally at the junction of the cephalothorax and abdomen.^[1]^{[full citation needed]}

A similar species in the same genus is Leucauge mariana.

Gallery

In web
Juvenile in a web in New York

References

^ BBC "Life in the Undergrowth"/"Intimate Relations"

Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2:1-549.

External links

Picture of L. venusta with egg sac

[1] BBC "Life in the Undergrowth"/"Intimate Relations"

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+{{Speciesbox
-{{Taxobox
 | name = Orchard spider
 | image = Leucauge venusta Kaldari 01.jpg
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-| image_caption = Adult female L.venusta
+| image_caption = Adult female
-| image_width =
+| taxon = Leucauge venusta
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| authority = ([[Charles Athanase Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1842)
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-| classis = [[Arachnid]]a
-| ordo = [[Spider|Araneae]]
-| subordo = [[Araneomorphae]]
-| familia = [[Tetragnathidae]]
-| genus = ''[[Leucauge]]''
-| species = '''''L. venusta'''''
-| binomial = ''Leucauge venusta''
-| binomial_authority = ([[Charles Athanase Walckenaer|Walckenaer]], 1842)
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-The '''orchard spider''' ('''''Leucauge venusta''''') is a [[Tetragnathidae|long-jawed orbweaver]] spider that occurs from southern [[Canada]] to [[Colombia]], along the East coast, reaching into the central US. The web is often oriented horizontally, with the spider hanging down in the center.
+'''''Leucauge venusta''''', known as the '''orchard orbweaver spider''', is a [[Tetragnathidae|long-jawed orbweaver]] spider that occurs from southern [[Canada]] to [[Colombia]], along the East coast, reaching into the central US, also in South Asia. The web is often oriented horizontally, with the spider hanging down in the center.
 It is distinctively colored, with leaf-green legs and sides (which can sometimes vary to a dark green or even orange). The underside of its thorax is spotted with yellow and black, the top is silvery with brown and black streaks. The neon yellow, orange or red spots on the rear of the abdomen are variable in size among individuals and sometimes absent.
-This species is parasitised by a wasp larva which attaches itself externally at the junction of the [[cephalothorax]] and abdomen.<ref>BBC "Life in the Undergrowth"/"Intimate Relations"</ref>
+This species is parasitised by a [[Hymenoepimecis|wasp larva]] which attaches itself externally at the junction of the [[cephalothorax]] and abdomen.<ref>BBC "Life in the Undergrowth"/"Intimate Relations"</ref>{{full citation needed|date=June 2024}}
+[[File:Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta) - male.jpg|alt=Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta) - male|thumb|Male]]
+[[File:Orchard orbweaver male and female.jpg|alt=Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) male and female|thumb|Orchard orbweaver (''Leucauge venusta'') male and female cohabitating]]
+A similar species in the same genus is ''[[Leucauge mariana]]''.
 ==Gallery==
-</gallery>
+<gallery>
+File:Orchard Spider.jpg
-[[File:Leucauge Venusta Bottom SE Texas,jpg|frameless|Leucauge Venusta Bottom_SE Texas]]
+File:Orchard Spider in web.JPG
-[[File:Leucauge Venusta Top SE Texas.jpg|frameless|Leucauge Venusta Top_SE Texas]]
-File:Orchard Spider.jpg|L.venusta
+File:Orchard Orb-weaver (Leucauge venusta).jpg
+File:Prettyorchardspider.jpg
-File:Orchard Spider in web.JPG|L.venusta
+File:Orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) in web.jpg|alt=Orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) in orb style web|In web
-File:Venusta1.jpg|Mosffdet @ Flick
+Juvenile orchard orbweaver (32768).jpg|Juvenile in a web in New York
 </gallery>
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 ==External links==
 {{commons}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902092401/http://math.uc.edu/%7Echalklr/Natural%20History/Resized%20Photos/Resize%20of%20048.jpg Picture of ''L. venusta'' with egg sac]
-* [http://hartmanprehistoricgarden.com/sa-leucauge.html Pictures and description]
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q1059185}}
-* [http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Leucauge_venusta Pictures of ''L. venusta'']
-* [http://flickr.com/photos/schoonman/2588747856/ Photo of North American (New England) L. Venusta]
+[[Category:Leucauge|venusta]]
-* [http://math.uc.edu/~chalklr/Natural%20History/Resized%20Photos/Resize%20of%20048.jpg Picture of ''L. venusta'' with egg sac]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/unconsciousthoughts/3705814704/ Photo of the Orchard Spider (L. Venusta), New Jersey]
-[http://bugsinthenews.info/?p=9088 Orchard orbweaver (Leugauge Venusta) in Houston, Texas]
-[[Category:Leucauge]]
 [[Category:Spiders of North America]]
+[[Category:Spiders of Central America]]
+[[Category:Spiders of South America]]
+[[Category:Spiders described in 1842]]