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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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Folding spider - Neoscona crucifera - male
Copyright © 2017 Bob Webster

Folding spider - Neoscona crucifera - Male
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
July 12, 2015
Size: abdomen: 7 mm
I really don't understand what's happening here. The spider was alive, and I didn't see anything that would have damaged it. If it's just disfigured, it can be frassed of course. If it's some behavior, what is going on?

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Contributed by Bob Webster on 26 November, 2017 - 6:16pm
Last updated 2 December, 2017 - 10:53pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Laura P., 2 December, 2017 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Spiders.
… Bob Webster, 2 December, 2017 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

It appears to be molting

Did you continue to watch it? Would be interesting to know if it succeeded in getting its legs out. They seem to be about a third of the way out in the last image. This looks like a male Orb Weaver, maybe Neoscona crucifera. Wonder what that male Theridiid is doing, checking it out in image 3.
… john and jane balaban, 26 November, 2017 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you for the information! I feel pretty ignorant, because I didn't even realize that spiders molt.

I went to bed before it finished, but it was gone in the morning so maybe it was successful. In addition to those two, there was a striped lynx spider hanging around. It was a busy night for spiders on the back porch!
… Bob Webster, 26 November, 2017 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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