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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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orb weaver a - Neoscona arabesca
Copyright © 2011 Jillian H. Cowles

orb weaver a - Neoscona arabesca
Gardner Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 7, 2009

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orb weaver a - Neoscona arabesca orb weaver a - Neoscona arabesca
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 23 April, 2011 - 11:51pm
Last updated 21 March, 2013 - 8:41am

Moved
Moved from Orb Weavers. This is our best guess based on range and habitus, but I'd just like to say that it's pattern is a bit atypical looking for this species.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 March, 2013 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 May, 2011 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 April, 2011 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Neosona species
is what it looks like to me. I'm not used to seeing them with the well defined two-tone carapace though. Any ventral shots?
… Lynette Elliott, 24 April, 2011 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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