Species Neoscona oaxacensis - Western Spotted Orbweaver

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Possible male neoscona? - Neoscona oaxacensis

Western Spotted Orbweaver - Neoscona oaxacensis

Orb weaver over water - Neoscona oaxacensis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes )

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Neoscona (Spotted Orbweavers)

Species oaxacensis (Western Spotted Orbweaver)

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Keyserling. Year first published: 1864.

Size

Female 11-17 mm

Male 5-12 mm (1)

Range

oaxacensis - AZ, CA, IN, KS, NM, NV, RI, TX, UT, WA

Remarks

You can separate N. arabesca from oaxacensis by the three pairs of dorsal, slanting, dark spots found on arabesca.

See Also

Neoscona arabesca

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 7 May, 2005 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by Lynette, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 6 November, 2011 - 11:48am

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