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It's been around for over a month now. It builds a web in the evening and hunts. In the morning the web is gone and it's tucked underneath the edge of the shingles.
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- Submitted: Sep 3, 2018
- Photographed: Sep 4, 2018
- Spider: Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orb-weaver)
- Location: Sumter, South Carolina, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
Sep 19, 2019
Sep 18, 2019
Madison, 
Hi, this is an orbweaver. Either Eriophora ravilla or Neoscona domiciliorum (Itsy – do we go by location or is there another way to tell them apart?). They eat their webs in the morning then hide away in a crevice or wrap a leaf around themselves. When it is cooler in the evening they rebuild the whole thing.
They’re a little different looking. E. ravilla *usually* doesn’t have the dark slash marks on the abdomen … when they do have them they still have a slightly different look to them, and the anterior half of the abdomen is rounder on Neoscona. Sometimes you can see bits of canary yellow on the legs and anterior half of the abdomen, when that’s there it’s E. ravilla. The ventrals are completley different and E. ravilla has some color morphs that are totally different looking. When separating N. crucifera from N. domiciliorum red legs can point to domiciliorum but often isn’t enough… Read more »
Thank you!