Species Profile
Araneus
Garden orb-weaver spider
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial arachnids living on vegetation.
Important predators of insect pests.
Size & Structure
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Medium-sized body
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Cephalothorax and abdomen distinct
03
Brown or yellow with markings
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Long jointed legs with spines
Araneus — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ganglionic
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Book lungs and tracheae
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Controls insect populations
Part of terrestrial food chains
Prey for birds and reptiles
Economic Importance
Biological pest control
Ecological balance maintenance
Used in behavioral studies