Arabesque Orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca)

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Neoscona arabesca - Wikipedia
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I found this arabesque orbweaver in her web by my front walkway in the late afternoon on February 5, 2017. She stood her ground when I moved my phone with its clip-on lens right up in front of her. I unfortunately bumped her web a bit while trying to get a good shot. 


One way to identify Neoscona arabesca from other Neoscona spiders with black marks is that arabesca's black marks are diagonal.

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I found this arabesque orbweaver, with a very different color scheme, on April 7, 2017.

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