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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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Spiky brown spider - Neoscona crucifera - male
Copyright © 2017 Mark Fox

Spiky brown spider - Neoscona crucifera - Male
Kirkwood, Atlanta , DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
July 30, 2017
Size: ~1.5 cm
Spiny spider at front porch light. Was motionless for several minutes while I took photos.

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Spiky brown spider - Neoscona crucifera - male Spiky brown spider - Neoscona crucifera - male Spiky brown spider - Neoscona crucifera - male
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 1 August, 2017 - 11:17am
Last updated 16 September, 2017 - 1:19pm

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers.
… Laura P., 16 September, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Mark Fox, 4 August, 2017 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
male - Lynette or Laura may be able to tell you which one
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2017 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
quickly browsing through the orb weavers, my impression is that this may be Eriophora ravilla.
… Mark Fox, 4 August, 2017 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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