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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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Hairy Orange Spider - Neoscona crucifera - female
Copyright © 2007 Kyle Hansen

Hairy Orange Spider - Neoscona crucifera - Female
Corinth, Denton County, Texas, USA
September 10, 2007
Size: Just over 1 inch
We almost walked through this guys web that was about 4ft X 4ft between a tree and the car parked in the driveway. It was around 10:00pm.
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Contributed by Kyle Hansen on 12 September, 2007 - 3:35pm
Last updated 27 April, 2010 - 9:19am

Moved
Moved from Temporary - likely crucifera.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 April, 2010 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 13 October, 2009 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2007 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Looks like Neoscona crucifera
They build huge webs from the ground up to the trees. Webs are built new each night.
… Daemeon S., 12 September, 2007 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

..or Eriophora
See
… john and jane balaban, 12 September, 2007 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

How about this one?
Does this one look close? Is it still there?
… John R. Maxwell, 12 September, 2007 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

 
very similar
I think they are alot alike, but the marking on the one you sent are much darker and the actual skin looks rough where as the other was more smooth looking.
… Kyle Hansen, 12 September, 2007 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

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