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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

Species Neoscona crucifera

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Spider in NH - Neoscona crucifera - male - female Neoscona - Neoscona crucifera - female Neoscona species ? - Neoscona crucifera Spider - Neoscona crucifera Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona crucifera) - Neoscona crucifera - female Upstate South Carolina SC spider - Neoscona crucifera Neoscona crucifera? - Neoscona crucifera orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Neoscona (Spotted Orbweavers)
Species crucifera (Neoscona crucifera)
Other Common Names
Barn Spider (however, Araneus cavaticus uses the same common name)
Hentz Orbweaver (not "Hentz's Orbweaver" - common names cannot be formed using the possessive form of proper names; see p. 6 here)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
Neoscona crucifera Lucas 1838
Size
Female 9-20 mm, Male 5-15 mm
Identification
Can usually be distinguished from Neoscona domiciliorum by rusty red color and the lack of pattern on the abdomen (1).

Female (the first is a voucher specimen)


Male



Egg Sac
Range
Eastern N. Amer. to CA / Mex. (1)
Season
mostly: Jun-Nov (BG data)
Remarks
N. crucifera & N. domiciliorum build their webs at dusk and then take the webs back down around dawn by eating it. (Kaston 1976)
See Also
Neoscona domiciliorum - Spotted Orbweaver
Eriophora ravilla
Internet References
N. crucifera vs. domiciliorum - UFL
Works Cited
1.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
Contributed by tom murray on 13 August, 2005 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Lynette Elliott, Christopher C Wirth, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Denis Doucet, v belov, Mandy Howe, Laura P., Fyn Kynd
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 7:09pm

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