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Neoscona crucifera
Small (~ 5 mm body length, ~ 1.5 cm overall) dull yellow spider with longitudinally symmetrical brown and white ventral markings on its abdomen and brown bands on legs.
Semi-arid windward tropical insular ridge of mixed shrubland and grassland. Original ecosystem modified by long-term human presence.
Spotted in its web next to middle part of the road to Makapuu Lighthouse on Oahu.
Spotted on Dec 25, 2015
Submitted on Jan 9, 2016
2 Comments
BlueAppaloosa: Thanks. The spotting is visually similar to a spotted orbweaver, other characteristics agree, and the species has been reported in Hawaii. That's good enough for me, and I edited the spotting accordingly.
I think this is a spotted orbweaver: http://www.spiders.us/species/neoscona-c...