
Comments & ID Thoughts
Neoscona crucifera
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- Submitted: Oct 12, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 12, 2018
- Spider: Araneus diadematus (Cross Orb-weaver)
- Location: Medford , Massachusetts, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal, Webs
My new pet’s name is Cleopatra, Cleo for short.
Can’t call u cleo no more since u r male
Hi, see above image for ID. 🙂
Thanks, can you tell it’s sex?
Superficially it looks female, I would need to see a clear image of the underside to say for certain. Immature males and immature females can be indistinguishable, it’s getting late in the season so it’s more likely to be mature. Also if it is a relatively large spider it’s likely female.
Here is a mature male and female for comparison:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/38860
I believe it a male it looks just like the one missr79 posted