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Spotting

Description:

Orange, yellow, black, and grey spider out by my tropical fish pond.

Habitat:

Desert of El Paso.

Notes:

Is it poisonous?

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5 Comments

ChaseRamboMay
ChaseRamboMay 11 years ago

Got a picture of the top side.

ChaseRamboMay
ChaseRamboMay 11 years ago

The angle it's at is difficult. Been hanging around the pond for about 2-3 weeks now. I'll keep an eye out for you though.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

If you had a dorsal (top) view of this spider, I could confirm if it's the New Mexico orb weaver, Neoscona oaxacensis.

ChaseRamboMay
ChaseRamboMay 11 years ago

TM.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

It's an orb weaver. No, it's not venomous. :)

ChaseRamboMay
Spotted by
ChaseRamboMay

El Paso, Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012

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