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The barn spider (Araneus cavaticus) is a common orb-weaver spider native to North America. They are around three-quarters of an inch (20 mm) in length and are usually yellow and brown in color. They are around three-quarters of an inch (20 mm) in length and are usually yellow and brown in color.
The name "barn spider" is also commonly used for a different spider, Araneus cavaticus. Generally nocturnal, females may become diurnal in the fall. [ 3 ] Females are about 9.5–19 millimeters (0.37–0.75 in) long, while males are somewhat smaller.
Neoscona, known as spotted orb-weavers and barn spiders, [7] is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (Araneidae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to separate these from other araneids in the now obsolete genus Epeira. The name Neoscona was derived from the Greek νέω, meaning "spin", and σχοῖνος, meaning "reed". [8]
Jean-Henri Fabre refers to Argiope spiders as Epeira in his 1928 book The Life of the Spider (La Vie des araignées), within the family "Epeirae". James Henry Emerton also uses the genus Epeira in his 1902 book The Common Spiders of the United States, but refers to spiders mostly now considered Araneus.
Barn spider is placed in Category:Araneus (a large genus, so used instead of the family as the main taxonomic category) and Category: Spiders of North America. The redirect at the scientific name, Araneus cavaticus , is also placed in Category:Araneus but additionally in Category:Spiders described in 1882 .
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The spider species Tegenaria domestica, commonly known as the barn funnel weaver in North America and the domestic house spider in Europe, is a member of the funnel-web family Agelenidae. Distribution and habitat
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