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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Arabesque Orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca)
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Arabesque Orb weaver Spider - Neoscona arabesca
Copyright © 2012 Michael A. Cruz

Arabesque Orb weaver Spider - Neoscona arabesca
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
June 28, 2012

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Arabesque Orb weaver Spider - Neoscona arabesca Arabesque Orb-weaver Spider - Neoscona arabesca
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Contributed by Michael A. Cruz on 28 June, 2012 - 6:38pm
Last updated 2 August, 2022 - 6:27pm

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Michael,

did you collect the specimen by any chance? Even of N. arabesca I don't have particularly many specimens (2 F, 1 M).

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 29 June, 2012 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Moved to Neoscona arabesca
Moved from Spiders.

At this point we've only found adult males of N. arabesca to have this lighter pattern & carapace. N. crucifera is much darker with less pattern. Here is the image we base our IDs of N. crucifera on.
… Lynette Elliott, 29 June, 2012 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
Pedipalp
I'm just going by what little I can see of the pedipalp (cf. fig. 376-377 in Dondale & Redner 2003). Another (lateral) view would be a big help.

But maybe you're right. I just took a look at my one and only male arabesca specimen. I can arrive at a silhouette of the pedipalp that is just close enough to the photo here that I can't be certain. And the lighter leg coloration is also very similar. The detail in Michael's photo is just not clear enough.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 29 June, 2012 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

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Based on the little bit of what can see of the pedipalp, I'm more inclined toward N. crucifera, but the angle is not so helpful. (A lateral/sideways view of the palp would be better.)

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 29 June, 2012 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Male Neoscona
Looks like N. arabesca, but wait for Lynette.
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2012 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

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