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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » unidentified juveniles (Neoscona unidentified juveniles)
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Immature orb-weaver? - Neoscona
Copyright © 2010 Ken Schneider

Immature orb-weaver? - Neoscona
Bowers Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 19, 2010
Size: ~ 3-4 mm
I beat this attractively patterned araneoid from an oak tree near a creek. Immature under the scope. A bit too patterned and too many spots for A. displicata, right? Any ideas?
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 19 June, 2010 - 5:55pm
Last updated 25 March, 2013 - 7:49pm

Moved
Moved from Spotted Orbweavers.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 March, 2013 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… john and jane balaban, 30 January, 2011 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

There were records from southern California
in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. We'll try to find the reference. But now there seems to be a growing population in the San Francisco area too.
… john and jane balaban, 20 June, 2010 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Aha -
I found it in the Pan-Pacific Entomologist here. Thanks J&J. I'll see if I can find a mature around here to confirm for my own interest.
… Ken Schneider, 20 June, 2010 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Yes, looks more like
Neoscona crucifera
… john and jane balaban, 20 June, 2010 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks J&J -
It's interesting that we have several records of crucifera in BG from California, even though the recently published Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska doesn't show any records from CA (map 43). I wonder if there's been a range expansion?
… Ken Schneider, 20 June, 2010 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

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