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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Spotted Orbweavers (Neoscona) » Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)
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Tiny orbweaver - Neoscona oaxacensis
Copyright © 2013 john and jane balaban

Tiny orbweaver - Neoscona oaxacensis
Santa Rita Experimental Range Station, Florida Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 25, 2013
Saw this tiny orbweaver moving across some twigs. It's neoscona; we were expecting oaxacensis but wonder if it might be arabesca. gathering_2013
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 August, 2013 - 9:46pm
Last updated 17 August, 2013 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2013 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

Neoscona
I see what you mean, my first impression is N. oaxcensis but I'm not sure either.
… Laura P., 7 August, 2013 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Guess it must be
Just startled by how different the young one looks!
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2013 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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