Neoscona nautica
(Brown Sailor Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Neoscona nautica, commonly known as Brown Sailor Spider, belongs to the genus Neoscona, in the family Araneidae. Neoscona nautica spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Neoscona nautica includes 4 countries and 1 states in the United States. Neoscona nautica is most often sighted during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Brown Sailor Spider

Author

(L. Koch, 1875)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 12, 2020 by Spider ID member fritzie09. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Neoscona nautica sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 60% of the time, Neoscona nautica spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 10)
  • Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Neoscona nautica has been sighted 6 times outdoors, and 6 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (4). Low foliage (2).

Location and Range

Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: India, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United States.

Neoscona nautica has also been sighted in the following states: Florida.

Seasonality

Neoscona nautica has been primarily sighted during the month of January.

  • January: 3
  • February: 2
  • March: 1
  • April: 1
  • May:
  • June:
  • July:
  • August: 2
  • September: 1
  • October:
  • November:
  • December:

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Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Neoscona nautica (Brown Sailor Spider) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
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  • Submitted Calendar iconJan 5, 2019
  • Photographed Picture iconJan 4, 2019
  • Devi
  • Location iconMangalore , India
  • Comment icon3 Comments
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