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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Arabesque Orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca)
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Spider on milkweed bud - Neoscona arabesca - male
Copyright © 2008 Bates and Josephine Littlehales

Spider on milkweed bud - Neoscona arabesca - Male
Elk Mountain (at 4100'), Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA County, West Virginia, USA
June 15, 2007
Size: tiny
Please help with identification. Thanks.

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Spider on milkweed bud - Neoscona arabesca - male Spider on milkweed bud - Neoscona arabesca
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Contributed by Bates and Josephine Littlehales on 11 February, 2008 - 4:16pm
Last updated 9 September, 2008 - 6:20pm

Moved
Moved from Spotted Orbweavers.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

Date is wrong. Was mid-June,
Date is wrong. Was mid-June, 07. --Littlehales
… Bates and Josephine Littlehales, 11 February, 2008 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a male orb weaver
You might check in the genus Neoscona while you wait to hear from Jeff. We'll do a little searching later if we get some time.
Reasonably similar images at and
… john and jane balaban, 11 February, 2008 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you.
… Bates and Josephine Littlehales, 12 February, 2008 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

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