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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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Neoscona crucifera - female
Copyright © 2009 John R. Maxwell

Neoscona crucifera - Female
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
October 24, 2009
Size: Maybe around 15 mm?

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 4 December, 2009 - 3:50pm

Hmm...
I keep coming across this spider and thinking that it may be misplaced(?) With those black slanted marks on the abdomen, it's more likely to be Neoscona arabesca than N. crucifera. I'm wondering what others' input on this would be...
… Mandy Howe, 15 July, 2010 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Tricky one
I agree it's a tricky one. The leg hairs are mostly black which is also a sign of arabesca. However crucifera can have slanted marks like this one


and there is crossbreeding. I've requested that close-up of the scape (3 years later).
… Lynette Elliott, 25 March, 2013 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
N. crucifera
All this time later, I think it's probably actually in the right place in N. crucifera. :-)
… Mandy Howe, 26 March, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Scape
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… John R. Maxwell, 26 March, 2013 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Yep, N. crucifera
Thanks, Max (& Kevin)! All this time later, I don't know why I questioned it to begin with. (More experience now. :-)
Exactly matches the diagram in (1) -- "2 pairs of lateral bulges on the epigynal scape."
… Mandy Howe, 26 March, 2013 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Great
I wanted the scape shot to be sure. Spiders can be quite variable as we all know and this really helps!
… Lynette Elliott, 26 March, 2013 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

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