Comments & ID Thoughts
Neoscona crucifera
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- Submitted: Sep 18, 2022
- Photographed: Sep 15, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Tennessee, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
iNaturalist suggests identification as Neoscona crucifera. Photographer says spider is bright fluorescent red; “photo does not do it justice”. Several individuals of this species observed Sept 2022 in orb webs in bushes / trees of rural Tennessee property.