Bordered Orbweaver

Neoscona adianta · Order: Araneae · Family: Araneidae

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Bordered Orbweaver
Photo: Анатолий Озерной /Anatoliy Ozernoy, CC BY-SA

Females are about 9 mm long, while males are smaller. The abdomen is brown to red with a series of white or cream triangles edged in black. It builds its web among flower heads and sits beside it on a silk pad. It is found from North Africa through Europe to Central Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The spider’s abdomen shows brown-to-red coloration with black-bordered white or cream triangles.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Females have a body length of about 9 mm, males are noticeably smaller.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its web is typically placed among flower heads, and the spider rests beside the web on a silk pad.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs across North Africa, Europe, and into Central Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Bordered Orbweaver photo 3
Photo: katunchik, CC BY

Same family (Araneidae)

Cross OrbweaverCross OrbweaverAraneus diadematusCan biteYellow Garden SpiderYellow Garden SpiderArgiope aurantiaCan biteSpotted OrbweaverSpotted OrbweaverNeoscona cruciferaCan biteGolden Silk SpiderGolden Silk SpiderTrichonephila clavipesCan biteFurrow OrbweaverFurrow OrbweaverLarinioides cornutusCan biteJoro SpiderJoro SpiderTrichonephila clavataCan bite

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoscona_adianta

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