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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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Male and Female Neoscona crucifera - Neoscona crucifera - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Kurt Komoda

Male and Female Neoscona crucifera - Neoscona crucifera - Male Female
Davidson's Mill Pond Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
August 17, 2011
The male Neoscona crucifera makes his cautious approach as the female sits, plucking at her web.

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Male and Female Neoscona crucifera - Neoscona crucifera - male - female Male and Female Neoscona crucifera - Neoscona crucifera - male - female
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Contributed by Kurt Komoda on 30 January, 2012 - 9:43am

Nice photo!
Nice photo!
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 30 January, 2012 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I enjoyed photographi
Thanks! I enjoyed photographing these two. I waited about an hour, but they never got much closer than this. There was a second male (out of view) down to the lower left, but he kept his distance. The entire time, she was spinning that thing around in her jaws. I have closeups of that.
… Kurt Komoda, 30 January, 2012 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

 
I agree nice photo
The male spider is smart enough to know... don't mess with her while she's eating. =]
… Lynette Elliott, 31 January, 2012 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

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