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Arabesque Orbweaver (Neoscona
arabesca), Houston, TX
 The
photo on the right was taken by Spyder
(a nickname used by the respondent, a decorated USMC Vietnam veteran and
well-known motorcycle enthusiast), in Houston, Texas. Spyder wrote:
"Out under the eave of my patio is this big,
gnarly spider. I found some pictures on your website (of
a western spotted orbweaver) that seem to match it pretty closely.
Am I right?" Both are in the genus Neoscona, and they have
similar ventral markings, so they could be mistaken for one another.
Dorsally, though, their markings are quite different. As Spyder wasn't
able to get any dorsal photos, he couldn't make that comparison. The genus
Neoscona was named by Eugene Simon
(1848-1924), in 1864--he was 16 at the time--to designate a group within
the genus Epeira (Walckenaer [1805]). According to
Ubick et al (2005), p. 309, Neoscona was intended to mean
"spinning among the reeds" but actually reads "spinning a reed."
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