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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Neoscona crucifera
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ID PLEASE - Neoscona crucifera
Copyright © 2015 Gregory VanHoosier

ID PLEASE - Neoscona crucifera
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
August 18, 2015
Size: 1cm
Can anyone ID this Spider. Found on a web in a bush in Evansville, IN. Seems to have been hurt at some point as its has lost a few legs.

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Contributed by Gregory VanHoosier on 18 August, 2015 - 10:20am
Last updated 31 August, 2015 - 7:11am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chad Heins, 31 August, 2015 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

I'd say crucifera ...
I look at the markings on on the anterior abdomen, they're bigger blobs on N. arabesca and bright white on N. domiciliorum.
… Laura P., 19 August, 2015 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I'd second that
Neoscona crucifera.
… Chad Heins, 26 August, 2015 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

We were thinking crucifera
based on the short tan spines on the legs and the overall dull pattern, but it is always a tough call, made tougher by a hurt specimen. But others may have a firmer grip on the ID. Let's wait to see what Lynette or Laura or Chad or others say
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2015 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Yes, perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
genus Neoscona
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2015 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

 
How could you tell...
How could you tell if it was a crucifera or not?
… Gregory VanHoosier, 18 August, 2015 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

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