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Web spider - Neoscona oaxacensis
Copyright © 2013 Andy Lazere

Web spider - Neoscona oaxacensis
LA Natural History Museum Gardens, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 26, 2013
Size: ca 2 cm
This was in a disorganized web, in buckwheat.

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Contributed by Andy Lazere on 28 August, 2013 - 5:12pm
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 11:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andy Lazere, 28 August, 2013 - 11:51pm

Interesting - it looks like Neoscona oaxacensis
but shriveled. Wonder if she has just made an egg sac.
… john and jane balaban, 28 August, 2013 - 8:29pm

 
Thanks. The third image, with
Thanks. The third image, with prey, was taken about an hour after the first two images.
… Andy Lazere, 28 August, 2013 - 9:43pm

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