Neoscona crucifera
(Hentz Orb-weaver)

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Picture of Neoscona crucifera (Hentz Orb-weaver) - Dorsal

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I have no idea, but my internet searches lead me to believe it is an orb spider of some sort, possibly. It's pretty large, I can tell you that.

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TangledWeb

Hi, you’re right that she’s an orbweaver. I’m not sure which one, maybe a Hentz orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera. The huge round webs are how they got the orbweaver common name. It’s okay to move the web over if you have one in the way. They eat and rebuild the web every day. If one keeps rebuilding in a bad location you can move her to a different place that has two vertical surfaces to build between.

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