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Brown sailor spider

neoscona nautica

Photo by TusharSawant
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Family Araneidae, Orb-Web Spiders.
Female: 7-9 mm.
Male: 4-5 mm.

Habitat:

Colour can range from light brown to almost black.

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brown sailor spider (neoscona nautica)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Atul
Tushar ,,,this is a lovely Spotting This is an orb weaver belonging to Family Araneidae and doesn't fit in the Jumping Spiders mission ... request you to remove the spotting from that mission ...thank you :)

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PublishedSeptember 21, 2013

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