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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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Neoscona crucifera
Copyright © 2012 Ed McAskill

Neoscona crucifera
Two Creeks Conservation Area, Wheatly, Ontario, Canada
August 23, 2012

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Contributed by Ed McAskill on 1 September, 2012 - 9:22am
Last updated 3 September, 2012 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 3 September, 2012 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

Any other angles?
Did you get a dorsal shot by any chance? I'm thinking this looks like a Neoscona ventral.
… Kyron Basu, 1 September, 2012 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

 
photos added
thanks for the help
… Ed McAskill, 1 September, 2012 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Neoscona crucifera?
The second photo sort of shows the pattern on the abdomen and its pretty indistinct, so I'd guess N. crucifera. A number of spines look white in the second and third as well. I was thinking arabesca due to everything seeming black in the first shot.

One of our other editors, Laura, knows these better than I do. She may be able to confirm or correct me. :)

Nice images, btw - love the backgrounds!
… Kyron Basu, 1 September, 2012 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Laura...thanks for the help
i just added an extreme close up...i would say its pretty darn close to the photo
… Ed McAskill, 3 September, 2012 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
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OK, Neoscona crucifera it is then. :)
… Laura P., 3 September, 2012 - 1:25am login or register to post comments

 
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I guess we should just ask if this is a match.

Ed, does the spider in Kyron's link look the same as the one you saw or did yours have some white on the abdomen?
… Laura P., 2 September, 2012 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

 
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I think it's a Neoscona crucifera but I don't know whether or not we should move the photos there because I'm not sure enough without seeing a little bit more of the abdomen.
… Laura P., 2 September, 2012 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
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I wonder in situations like these whether it's best to move to the genus page (I think we're safe in thinking this is Neoscona at least), or to Araneae so everyone else can see it more easily?
… Kyron Basu, 2 September, 2012 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

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