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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
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Spider in Gentian - Neoscona oaxacensis
Copyright © 2021 kathy lichtendahl

Spider in Gentian - Neoscona oaxacensis
Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, Park County, Wyoming, USA
June 25, 2021
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Contributed by kathy lichtendahl on 28 June, 2021 - 11:35am
Last updated 10 July, 2021 - 10:25am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 10 July, 2021 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Aculepeira packardi
All reliable signs point to this being A. packardi

https://bugguide.net/node/view/289881

Five dorsal abdominal spots instead of more, long hairs all over abdomen, Tibiae with black ring in middle, as opposed to just each end of Tibia, & second dorsal spot is wider than would be on Neoscona oaxacensis

This came to my attention while forming a species list for Yellowstone National Park. This would be a new species, while A. packardi dates back a long time in the park!

Hopefully someone can transfer this, I do not have those capabilities
… Harley, 24 May, 2023 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree on Aculepeira
Agree on Aculepeira, rarely do I see a spider on bugguide placed in the wrong genus
… nataliestalick, 27 August, 2023 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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