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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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Large brown spider - Neoscona crucifera
Copyright © 2012 Gwanatu

Large brown spider - Neoscona crucifera
Apopka, Orange County, Florida, USA
August 22, 2012
Size: 1-2 inches
Taken at 11:00pm. We were walking outside and it came down on a web seemingly to investigate what we were doing.
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Contributed by Gwanatu on 22 August, 2012 - 10:05pm
Last updated 25 August, 2012 - 10:56am

Moved to Neoscona crucifera
Moved from ID Request. Yes, Neoscona crucifera looks right. (In FL I'm always hoping to see N. nautica, but it appears to be fairly rare or rarely seen anyway.)
… Lynette Elliott, 25 August, 2012 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

Orb Weaver
It's brown? It looks black in the photo. If it was really brown it might be Neoscona crucifera but I can't be sure from these photos. With some of the orb weavers a shot of the underside can be helpful.
… Laura P., 23 August, 2012 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

 
Brown
Hm, on my screen it looks brown. It might be the lighting. N. crucifera looks reasonable to me too.
… Kyron Basu, 23 August, 2012 - 1:29am login or register to post comments

 
It was difficult to get a pic
It was difficult to get a picture because it was so late, there's no lights in this area so I was relying on flash to get a picture. The University of Florida has a description that makes me feel this is definitely the right one, thanks!

"with females reddish-brown to brown, and males lighter brown with the sides of the carapace nearly black"
… Gwanatu, 23 August, 2012 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

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