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hdawson1
Aug 15, 2007, 09:10 PM
What kind of spider is this? It's on our patio outside.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc200/hdawson1/spider.jpg

firmbeliever
Aug 16, 2007, 02:07 AM
I searched on the net and heres the info I found-

Probably Neoscona genus

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2034

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Opisthothelae
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Neoscona
Species domiciliorum (Spotted Orbweaver)
Explanation of Names
Latin: "of dwellings", genitive plural form of domicilium- "dwelling place"
Size
7.2 - 16.2 mm (female)

8 - 9 mm (male)

Identification
More brightly colored than Neoscona crucifera, and with the part of the legs closest to the body bright red. Females "have a bright white or grayish yellow abdominal dorsum, with lateral wide, black stripes on each side." (Univeristy of Florida)
Range
"N. domiciliorum occurs southeast of a line drawn from Massachusetts to Indiana southwest to Texas." (UF)
Internet References
University of Florida describes differences between N. crucifera and N. domiciliorum.

hdawson1
Aug 16, 2007, 06:29 AM
Awesome! Thank you so much!