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Metepeira
Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Labyrinth Orbweaver
speciesMetepeira labyrinthea
Metepeira compsa
speciesMetepeira compsa
Arizona Labyrinth Orb-Weaver
speciesMetepeira arizonica
Metepeira spinipes
speciesMetepeira spinipes
Metepeira galatheae
speciesMetepeira galatheae
Metepeira foxi
speciesMetepeira foxi
Metepeira datona
speciesMetepeira datona
Metepeira atascadero
speciesMetepeira atascadero
Metepeira palustris
speciesMetepeira palustris
Metepeira desenderi
speciesMetepeira desenderi
Metepeira grandiosa
speciesMetepeira grandiosa
Metepeira comanche
speciesMetepeira comanche
Metepeira gosoga
speciesMetepeira gosoga
Metepeira gressa
speciesMetepeira gressa
Metepeira tarapaca
speciesMetepeira tarapaca
Metepeira cajabamba
speciesMetepeira cajabamba
Metepeira vigilax
speciesMetepeira vigilax
Metepeira celestun
speciesMetepeira celestun
Metepeira ventura
speciesMetepeira ventura
Metepeira chilapae
speciesMetepeira chilapae
Metepeira incrassata
speciesMetepeira incrassata
Metepeira lacandon
speciesMetepeira lacandon
Metepeira olmec
speciesMetepeira olmec
Metepeira petatlan
speciesMetepeira petatlan
Metepeira revillagigedo
speciesMetepeira revillagigedo
Metepeira crassipes
speciesMetepeira crassipes
Metepeira maya
speciesMetepeira maya
Metepeira minima
speciesMetepeira minima
Metepeira triangularis
speciesMetepeira triangularis
Metepeira bengryi
speciesMetepeira bengryi
Metepeira nigriventris
speciesMetepeira nigriventris
Metepeira glomerabilis
speciesMetepeira glomerabilis
Metepeira karkii
speciesMetepeira karkii
Metepeira rectangula
speciesMetepeira rectangula
Metepeira inca
speciesMetepeira inca
Metepeira lima
speciesMetepeira lima
Metepeira brunneiceps
speciesMetepeira brunneiceps
Metepeira calamuchita
speciesMetepeira calamuchita
Metepeira roraima
speciesMetepeira roraima
Metepeira pacifica
speciesMetepeira pacifica
Metepeira uncata
speciesMetepeira uncata
Metepeira ypsilonota
speciesMetepeira ypsilonota
San Miguel Island Orbweaver
speciesMetepeira pimungan
Metepeira jamaicensis
speciesMetepeira jamaicensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49337.