Neoscona oaxacensis
(Western Spotted Orb-weaver)

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

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 19 confirmed sightings of Neoscona oaxacensis (Western Spotted Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 23, 2023 by Spider ID member cathey. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 19 sightings because of certain Neoscona oaxacensis sightings reporting incomplete data.

• Web: 63% of the time, Neoscona oaxacensis spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 19)
• Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
• Environment: Neoscona oaxacensis has been sighted 23 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
• Outdoors: Man-made structure (10). On flower (1). Low foliage (8). Open field, pasture, grassland (1). Desert area (3).

Location and Range

Neoscona oaxacensis (Western Spotted Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: Mexico, United States.

Neoscona oaxacensis has also been sighted in the following states: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas.

Seasonality

Neoscona oaxacensis has been primarily sighted during the month of September.

• January: 1
• February:
• March:
• April:
• May: 2
• June:
• July: 1
• August: 3
• September: 6
• October: 3
• November: 2
• December: 1