Aculepeira ceropegia

Taxobox
name = Oak Spider

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Araneidae
genus = "Aculepeira"
species = "A. ceropegia"
binomial = "Aculepeira ceropegia"
binomial_authority =(Walckenaer, 1802)

The oak spider ("Aculepeira ceropegia") is easy to identify due to its unique marking in the form of an oak leaf.

Female spiders grow up to 14 mm, males only up to 8 mm.

Name

"Ceropegia" is a genus of succulent plants with about 200 species.

References

*Roberts, M.J. (1995): Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. - Bath: Ramsbury. ISBN 0-00-219981-5
* [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/INTRO1.html Norman I. Platnick, 2006. The World Spider Catalog, Version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History.]