Araneus alsine Araneus alsine The strawberry spider or orange wheelweaving spider (Araneus alsine) is a species of the orb-weaving spider (Araneidae) family. This species has a palearctic distribution (Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan). These spiders prefer moist environments. They mainly inhabit forests clearings, swampy bogs with birch and heather, wet meadows, high grass and shady places. "Araneus alsine" can reach a body length of in males, of in females. These spiders have a large, almost globular or slightly elliptical shaped opisthosoma, ranging from beige to reddish-orange, with many white-and-yellow spots spread over the surface and sometimes forming the sign of a
European bass commercial fish widely cultured in the Mediterranean. The most important farming countries are Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Croatia, and Egypt. Annual production was more than 120,000 tonnes in 2010. European bass is also known as lavraki (Greek: λαβράκι]), levrak (Hebrew: לברק), levrek or bayağı levrek (Turkish). loubina (Spanish) and loup de mer (French). European bass The European bass ("Dicentrarchus labrax") is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months. It is one of only