Comments & ID Thoughts
Orbweaver
Neoscona Arabesca? I am not sure
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- Submitted: Oct 19, 2021
- Photographed: Oct 16, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers),High foliage (includes trees and tree trunks)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/295445 This is a link to the ventral images of spiders in Bugguide.net’s image collection. I’m not sure if it is Neoscona or Araneus. We use dorsal images as the primary plane of the spiders’ bodies for identifications. The underside is somewhat useful for the genus taxon. If you can get a photo of the other side of the spider it can be uploaded as a new submission. If you can’t get around her web, try gently pinging the edge of her web. There is usually an opening woven into the pattern at the center. It serves as a short-cut… Read more »