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Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona)
Photo#593230
Copyright © 2011
Brad Barnd
November orb weaver -
Neoscona
-
Hancock County, Indiana, USA
November 5, 2011
Size: 8 mm
Undaunted by recent colder temperatures, she was out in her web in mid-50 temps. Neoscona?
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Contributed by
Brad Barnd
on 8 November, 2011 - 3:46pm
Last updated 10 November, 2011 - 3:06pm
Any word on this one?
Did we ever get this one examined?
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Lynette Elliott
, 24 March, 2013 - 11:38am
Kevin has this one
but I haven't heard anything
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Brad Barnd
, 24 March, 2013 - 2:49pm
Moved
Moved from
Spiders
.
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Brad Barnd
, 10 November, 2011 - 3:06pm
hmm
maybe mature version of
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Brad Barnd
, 8 November, 2011 - 4:56pm
Neoscona
it's pretty small for N. crucifera... can you take a side view of the scape? Even with size my bet is on N. crucifera for now.
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Lynette Elliott
, 8 November, 2011 - 7:18pm
Scape
looks like this one:
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Brad Barnd
, 8 November, 2011 - 8:11pm
Well then...
it must just be a small female.
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Lynette Elliott
, 8 November, 2011 - 8:32pm
but then again
looking at the epigynum of the other species they look somewhat similar; I'll be saving this one for Kevin
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Brad Barnd
, 8 November, 2011 - 8:50pm
..
N. crucifera
was my first thought, too, but a closer look never hurts.
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Kevin Pfeiffer
, 9 November, 2011 - 3:11am
Yes,
I'd like a bunch of N. crucifera to be vouchered. They have such a variety of coloring/pattern that it would be nice to have vouchers of all those variations.
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Lynette Elliott
, 10 November, 2011 - 8:45am