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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
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Orb weaver - Neoscona oaxacensis
Copyright © 2012 margarethe brummermann

Orb weaver - Neoscona oaxacensis
Tohono Chull Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 21, 2012
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 26 September, 2012 - 4:51pm
Last updated 27 September, 2012 - 8:40am

Moved to Neoscona oaxacensis
Moved from ID Request. I need to add this species to my larger male orbweavers article!
… Lynette Elliott, 27 September, 2012 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

N. oaxacensis
N. oaxacensis is most likely it.
… Patrick Carney, 26 September, 2012 - 7:52pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a male Neoscona.
We would expect N. oaxacensis there, but must confess our first thought was N. arabesca. Let's see what others think.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2012 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Seems the males do look quite similar.
… Laura P., 26 September, 2012 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
They do!
so I'd go with the one more common in our area. It seems that I usually overlook the males
… margarethe brummermann, 27 September, 2012 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

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