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I have never seen this spider before, so I was interested in finding out. I believe it is a Neoscona Crucifera (Hentz Orb-Weaver)?
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- Submitted: Nov 29, 2018
- Photographed: Nov 29, 2018
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Whitney, Texas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Ground layer (leaf litter, dirt, grass, etc)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Can anyone confirm my spider?
Hi, I can’t see the abdomen well enough in the photo to be certain of an ID. I know it can be hard to get them to hold still sometimes and I don’t want to see anymore squashed spider photos submitted. That’s not my way of getting them to hold still. Thevabdomen shape lookes like N.crucifera, the horizontal banding looks like Araneus diadematus but the white markings aren’t visible. Do you have any other photos? One way to get a spider to hold still briefly is to put an object in its path. I put my cell phone screen down… Read more »