Araniella cucurbitina

Araniella cucurbitina
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Araniella
Species:	A. cucurbitina
Binomial name
Araniella cucurbitina (Clerck, 1757)
Synonyms
Araneus cucurbitinus Aranea cucurbitina Aranea frischii Aranea octopunctata Aranea viridis-punctata Aranea depressa Epeira cucurbitina Miranda cucurbitina Araneus cossoni

Araniella cucurbitina, sometimes called the "cucumber green spider", is a spider of the family Araneidae. ^[1] Araniella cucurbitina is found across Europe, Western Asia, Central Asia and Japan. The cucurbitina in the name comes from the word cucurbit which is a family of plants including cucumbers.