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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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Large male spider - Neoscona crucifera - male
Copyright © 2012 Rich Hoyer

Large male spider - Neoscona crucifera - Male
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
June 24, 2012
Size: 12-15mm

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Contributed by Rich Hoyer on 26 June, 2012 - 2:08am
Last updated 23 March, 2013 - 10:33am

Moved
Moved from Spotted Orbweavers.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 March, 2013 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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A good lateral view of the pedipalp would be nice.
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 29 September, 2012 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Neoscona
Moved from Spiders. That's a good tip about the 7s but I'd like to see if someone can tell anything from that palp shot.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 September, 2012 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

N. crucifera diagnosis
Hank Guarisco has told me that when the ventral spots form two 7s in mirror image, as this one does, this is diagnostic for Neoscona crucifera. The dorsal views I'm seeing seem too plain for the N. crucifera I'm familiar with, but that's highly variable anyway.
… Joe Lapp, 29 June, 2012 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
We have lots of . . .
Neoscona crucifera spiders around here. This spider, if a male of this species, is the largest male I have ever seen, by far. In fact, it was as large and bulbous as any female I've ever seen.
… Rich Hoyer, 29 June, 2012 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Large male orbweaver
Nice one. Did you take a full dorsal shot like this one



It appears to be a Neoscona species, but I'm not sure which one.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 June, 2012 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately,
I did not. :(
… Rich Hoyer, 29 June, 2012 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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