#order_Araneae__Araneae__Araneida__order_Araneida  spiders
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  class_Arachnida
  member:  spider  predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
  member:  family_Argiopidae__Argiopidae  orb-weaving spiders; cosmopolitan
     member:  genus_Argiope__Argiope  the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders
        member:  black_and_gold_garden_spider__Argiope_aurantia  a widely distributed North American garden spider
     member:  genus_Aranea__Aranea__Araneus__araneu__genus_Araneus  a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders
        member:  barn_spider__Araneus_cavaticus  an orange and tan spider with darkly banded legs that spins an orb web daily; "the barn spider was made famous in E. B. White's book `Charlotte's Web'"
        member:  garden_spider__Aranea_diademata  a common European garden spider
  member:  family_Theridiidae__Theridiidae  a family of comb-footed spiders
     member:  comb-footed_spider__theridiid  spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
     member:  genus_Latrodectus__Latrodectus  venomous spiders
        member:  black_widow__blackwidow__Latrodectus_mactans  venomous New World spider; the female is black with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the underside of the abdomen
  member:  family_Theraphosidae__Theraphosidae  large tropical spiders; tarantulas
     member:  tarantula  large hairy tropical spider that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites
  member:  family_Lycosidae__Lycosidae  wolf spiders
     member:  wolf_spider__hunting_spider__huntingspider  ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
     member:  genus_Lycosa__Lycosa  type genus of the family Lycosidae
        member:  European_wolf_spider__tarantula__Lycosa_tarentula  large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
  member:  family_Ctenizidae__Ctenizidae  large burrowing spiders
     member:  trap-door_spider  American spider that constructs a silk-lined nest with a hinged lid

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