Araneus acuminatus

Fact Box Species: Araneus acuminatus (QM) (previously identified as Araneus poltyoides by Ramon Mascord) Family: Araneidae (formerly Argiopidae) Body length: female: 6 mm male: 3.5 mm Habitat: This species builds a small orb web in shrubbery at night then destroys it at dawn Toxicity: The toxicity of this species is not known but it probably is too small to be able to seriously envenomate humans, against which it shows little aggression anyway

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Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Araneus rotundulus and some other small araneid species that have a shield-like figure on the upper surface of the abdomen.