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  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Michael Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Christopher Mayhew, all rights reserved

  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) SHadoly Green Gray, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) cryschellejeffery, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Art Mur, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • Western Spotted Orbweaver, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) lazarus, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Western Spotted Orbweaver

Neoscona oaxacensis

Worldwide
34,324 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Neoscona oaxacensis, known as western spotted orbweaver and zig-zag spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is distributed in the Americas, being widespread across Western USA and Mexico and Central America to at least Costa Rica, with sporadic southern reports from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, including the Galápagos Islands.

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