Species Neoscona arabesca - Arabesque Orbweaver

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · See Also

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new orbweaver - Neoscona arabesca - female

brown orb weaver - Neoscona arabesca - female

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 arabesca (Arabesque Orbweaver)

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Walckenaer. Year first published: 1842.

Range

Throughout US and Canada.

arabesca - AB, AL, AR, AZ, BC, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MB, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NB, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NS, NY, OH, OK, ON, OR, PA, PQ, RI, SC, SD, SK, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Remarks

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

See Also

Neoscona oaxacensis

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 14 December, 2005 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Chuck Entz, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 9:59am

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