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Description of Aculepeira ceropegia
Physical Characteristics
Lijkt sterk op Aculepeira carbonaria.
Female 9 to 15 mm.
Abdomen has a rather pointed shape with the rear extending beyond the spinnerets. Colour yellow-brown to reddish brown with a dark fringed, whitish oak leaf-shaped figure. This fringing is narrower than the one of Aculepeira carbonaria.
Carapace reddish brown with white-grey hair.
Legs clearly light-dark annulated.
Male 7 to 8 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female. Sometimes a little darker.
Habitat
Sunny areas in bushes and low plants. Up to 2,500 m.
Verspreiding
Common in the whole of Europe.
Periode
Summer.