Neoscona arabesca
(Arabesque Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Neoscona arabesca, commonly known as Arabesque Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Neoscona, in the family Araneidae. Neoscona arabesca spiders have been sighted 13 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Neoscona arabesca includes 1 countries and 8 states in the United States. Neoscona arabesca is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of September.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Neoscona
Species: Neoscona arabesca

Common Name (AAS)

Arabesque Orb-weaver

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1841

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Sightings Overview

There have been 13 confirmed sightings of Neoscona arabesca (Arabesque Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 23, 2020 by Spider ID member dawittrock2231. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 13 sightings because of certain Neoscona arabesca sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 58% of the time, Neoscona arabesca spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 12)
Sex: 1 female and 1 male.
Environment: Neoscona arabesca has been sighted 11 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (5).

Location and Range

Neoscona arabesca (Arabesque Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Neoscona arabesca has also been sighted in the following states: California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin.