Arachnids of North Carolina
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View ARANEIDAE Members: NC Records

Kaira alba Hentz, 1850 - an orbweaver

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Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: ARANEOMORPHAEFamily: ARANEIDAE                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Comments: Female. Carapace yellow-white with a median darker line of black spots and some straggly white setae. Sternum with tiny black spots. Legs yellowish white with tiny dark spots and narrow broken black bands on venter. Dorsum of abdomen with a black mark between humps, sides with tiny black spots, venter spotted black. Male coloration darker than female.
Total Length: Female Total length 6.5mm, Carapace 2.9 mm long, 2.7 mm wide. Male Total length 3.0 mm, Carapace 1.4 mm long, 1.1 mm wide.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Abundance/Frequency: Females can be found all year, males in early summer.
Status in North Carolina
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