Brown Sailor Spider
Neoscona nautica
14.33, 121.09
Field Notes
Description:
The typical orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae Simon, 1895) are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields and forests. Their common name is taken from the round shape of this typical web.
This species is Neoscona nautica (C. L. Koch) 1875, called the Brown Sailor Spider.
Habitat:
Backyard.
Notes:
Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/25520071.
Reference:
Distribution in the Philippines of Neoscona nautica (see pp 629, 684): http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=AugAvBfYTh4C&pg=PA685&lpg=PA685&dq=…
http://spiderindia.lifedesks.org/files/spiderindia/plate_40-neoscona_na…
http://spiderindia.lifedesks.org/pages/19569
http://bugguide.net/node/view/297331
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Neoscona_nautica…
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