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Comments & ID Thoughts
I’m guessing it is a Neoscona theisi. It was hard to get the top of the spider due to the lighting. Is he a biter? Found him in the process of making his web.
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- Submitted: Apr 30, 2019
- Photographed: Apr 29, 2019
- Spider: Neoscona (Spotted Orb-weavers)
- Sex:
Male, - Location: Aiea, Hawaii, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Ventral, Webs
Help identify this spider
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023
Anderson, 
Orb-weavers have no reason to bite you except in self defense. They might bite if poked or if if they feel trapped against skin. Often if they’re frightened they’ll fall to the ground and play dead, they’re usually timid.
Male orbweavers make the full webs? I thought they just make makeshift webs during their travel.
It may be because he’s penultimate/not fully mature so he hasn’t gone off searching yet, or he may be in a female’s web. The orb is pretty small, looks like he’s working on it.
Thanks!