Beggar'S-Buttons vs Mexican redleg

Arctium lappa compared with Brachypelma emilia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Mexican redleg
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Theraphosidae
Genus	Arctium	Brachypelma
Species	Arctium lappa	Brachypelma emilia

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Mexican redleg

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Mexican redleg
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Mexican redleg

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.