Larinioides cornutus (Clerck 1757) (Family Araneidae)


Male

Female

With Prey: Enallagma cyathigerum

Spiderling

Length: Male 5-8.5mm, Female 6-17mm
Egg Spiderling Adult
? (Earliest: 27.4) May - October
(Earliest: 24.3)

Biotopes:
Pond Edge

Stream Banks

Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge
Food:
Coenagrionidae

Other Insecta
Parasitoids:
Polysphincta rufipes Larva

Tromatobia variabilis Larva

Sarcophaga sexpunctata Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators:
Trypoxylon figulus

Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme (UK): Larinioides cornutus
Araneae Spinnen Europas: Larinioides cornutus
Nature Spot: Larinioides cornutus


Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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