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Orb Weaver Spider

Neoscona theisi

Description:

A spider tangling another spider of a different species in its web

Habitat:

Near the river Jhelum West Bank

Notes:

There is a lot of Inter-specific competiton due to overlapping niche

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4 Comments

AliShiekh
AliShiekh 11 years ago

Thanx Ashish!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

I feel it is from genus Neoscona of Garden Orb weaver spiders.
Ali it is very nice spotting... Great capture...

AliShiekh
AliShiekh 11 years ago

Thanx Kunzah! This one is an orb weaver! a common local species and the one its trying to eat here is similar to this spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/155... .I want to know about this one!

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 11 years ago

Very cool. Looks like an Orbweaver.

AliShiekh
Spotted by
AliShiekh

Dina, پنجاب, Pakistan

Spotted on Oct 19, 2012
Submitted on Oct 19, 2012

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