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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 utahana
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Spider abdomen - Neoscona utahana
Copyright © 2009 Ben Van Allen

Spider abdomen - Neoscona utahana
Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
November 15, 2009
A picture showing the pattern on the spider's abdomen. The spider was so cryptic my camera didn't want to quite focus on it, but I think some detail is still visible hopefully.

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Contributed by Ben Van Allen on 16 November, 2009 - 10:32pm
Last updated 27 April, 2010 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Spotted Orbweavers. ID based on description, range and drawings in The Orb Weaver Genus Neoscona in North America by Berman & Levi. (John Balaban figured this one out.)
… Lynette Elliott, 27 April, 2010 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to you and John for the tricky spider ID!
… Ben Van Allen, 27 April, 2010 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 18 November, 2009 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

Orbweaver
I'm not sure which one right now. I don't suppose you can get a shot of the underside?
… Lynette Elliott, 17 November, 2009 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

maybe Neoscona arabesca
This one looks fairly similar. I'm not sure what others it could be though.

… Andrew Williams, 17 November, 2009 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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