Neoscona crucifera

Neoscona

You might get Western Spotted Orbweavers in So. Cal during October, however, the pattern on the back of the abdomen differs enough to be able to distinguish it from crucifera. See also Spider Facts

… greenbugs, 15 January, 2011 - 9:47pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… john and jane balaban, 30 October, 2010 - 9:16am

We have gotten numerous images of N. crucifera

posted from Santa Clara Co, but interestingly, only from Sept and Oct. We'll move this to the crucifera page when we've posted this comment. Just click on the DATA tab above the image, and scroll down to the small square that marks California in September. Click there and you will be taken to the advanced search page where you will see notice of several crucifera from Santa Clara

… john and jane balaban, 30 October, 2010 - 9:15am

Thanks so much! I've seen thi

Thanks so much! I've seen this spider pop up every year around this time and it's always been a mystery to me until now. I always thought that it was crucifera, but then I would remember its range and be set back to square one.
This has made my day! Thanks again! And happy Halloween! :)

… Jackie W., 30 October, 2010 - 5:22pm

IDs

do any of them have verifiable IDs, or are they just spiders we say look like N. crucifera and then put on that page?

… John R. Maxwell, 30 October, 2010 - 9:59am

Image

get a good close-up shot of the scape, that might help.

… John R. Maxwell, 29 October, 2010 - 10:33pm

I'll try to get some better s

I'll try to get some better shots after she's finished her meal so I can bring her inside. I attempted to get a shot of the scape with two of the three other images, but they didn't come out as well as I had hoped.
Here's a lateral shot of the other spider I saw, showing the scape a little.

I'm almost positive that they're the same species.

… Jackie W., 30 October, 2010 - 12:27am