Neoscona oaxacensis
(Western Spotted Orb-weaver)

Featured spider picture The spider species Neoscona oaxacensis, commonly known as Western Spotted Orb-weaver, belongs to the genus Neoscona, in the family Araneidae. Neoscona oaxacensis spiders have been sighted 22 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Neoscona oaxacensis includes 2 countries and 4 states in the United States. Neoscona oaxacensis 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 oaxacensis

Common Name (AAS)

Western Spotted Orb-weaver

Other Common Names

Zig-zag Spider

Author

Eugen von Keyserling, 1864

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Sightings Overview

There have been 22 confirmed sightings of Neoscona oaxacensis (Western Spotted Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 22, 2024 by Spider ID member sheepdog1-1. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 22 sightings because of certain Neoscona oaxacensis sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 68% of the time, Neoscona oaxacensis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 22)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Neoscona oaxacensis has been sighted 25 times outdoors, and 3 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). On flower (1). Low foliage (9). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Desert area (3).