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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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Dorsal view - Neoscona arabesca - male
Copyright © 2012 Kevin Pfeiffer

Dorsal view - Neoscona arabesca - Male
Jacobsen Fen, Deuel County, South Dakota, USA
July 13, 2012
Size: 5.1mm

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Dorsal view - Neoscona arabesca - male Dorsal view (in ethanol) - Neoscona arabesca - male Left pedipalp - Neoscona arabesca - male Left pedipalp, mesal view - Neoscona arabesca - male
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Contributed by Kevin Pfeiffer on 2 November, 2012 - 2:44pm

male Neoscona arabesca
That's a beauty. Great job on the palp shots... the first for this species in the guide. I also like the live color vs. the alcohol color. I wonder how much more it would change after more times passes?
… Lynette Elliott, 3 November, 2012 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
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If you leave a specimen in a vial sitting on your desk (illuminated by daylight), it can become very pale indeed. ;-)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 3 November, 2012 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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