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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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Spotted Orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera
Copyright © 2010 Nancy Kent

Spotted Orbweaver - Neoscona crucifera
Radford, Virginia, USA
September 10, 2010
I need with this spider's ID, please. I found it in a large web near a creek.
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 10 September, 2010 - 9:57pm
Last updated 15 March, 2011 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 September, 2010 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Yes, we would agree that it is likely
Neoscona crucifera
… john and jane balaban, 10 September, 2010 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, we would agree....
Thank you very much, John and Jane. That ID seems reasonable to me.
… Nancy Kent, 11 September, 2010 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

shoulders
I can't really tell.. if it has shoulders it's cavaticus if not it's Neoscona cf. crucifera.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 September, 2010 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
shoulders
Thank you, Lynette. I don't know whether it had shoulders or not. Most of the time while I was snapping photos, the spider was curled up trying to hide from my camera!
… Nancy Kent, 11 September, 2010 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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