Vie des araignées), within the family "Epeirae". James Henry Emerton also uses the genus Epeira in his 1902 book The Common Spiders of the United States, but refers to spiders mostly now considered Araneus. The popular 1893 book American Spiders and their Spinningwork by Henry Christopher McCook also uses Epeira extensively. The short documentary Epeira diadema (1952) by Italian director Alberto Ancilotto was nominated for an Oscar in 1953. It is about the spider today known as Araneus diadematus. Venom Araneus spider venoms vary in toxicity, but often deliver a dry bite (8 of 10 occasions). Females bite more often than males, which would rather flee or feign death. See also List of Araneus species References External links Image of variations in A. trifolium (from Spider myths) Pictures of US Araneus species (free for noncommercial use) Pictures of A. trifolium (free for noncommercial use) Araneomorphae genera Taxa named by Carl Alexander Clerck