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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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Orb weaver - Neoscona crucifera - female
Copyright © 2017 FossilMike

Orb weaver - Neoscona crucifera - Female
Derby, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
September 23, 2017
Size: 1 inch
Looks like Araneus gemma to me, but really far east of normal range...
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Contributed by FossilMike on 24 September, 2017 - 5:28pm
Last updated 24 September, 2017 - 10:44pm

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… Laura P., 24 September, 2017 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

Hentz orb weaver
Thanks... I can agree with that ID. We've had a lot of N. crucifera this year.. but they are mostly gone now.. the dorsal side of this one wasn't marked as distinctly as the others.
Mike
… FossilMike, 24 September, 2017 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be Neoscona
likely N. crucifera
… john and jane balaban, 24 September, 2017 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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