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Brown Sailor Spider

Neoscona nautica

Description:

20 mm with legs Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Family: Araneidae Genus: Neoscona Species: neoscuna nautica (L. Koch, 1875)

Habitat:

Tropical forest, lowland, always in interior.

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5 Comments

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Great, @Agnes! Is my pleasure to know you have got the Id. I'll try to check it later. :)

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

@Juan, thanks to your Iead, I was able to ID my spotting as the Brown Sailor Spider, Neoscona nautica. There is a similar species, Neoscona rumpfi, that you may want to check out also. Both species exist in the Philippines. Regards!!

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Yes @Carla, But I'm trying to reach the Species. I have look you spotting, @Agnes. and yes, i'm agree are the same spider. I'm pretty sure it belongs to the genus araneus, but at this moment i can't go further.

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

I have a similar spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/227....
Hoping for someone to ID our spottings :)

carlamartinezgarcia
carlamartinezgarcia 10 years ago

Type of orb-weaver spider, is it possible ?

Juan Manuel
Spotted by
Juan Manuel

Cagayan, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 4, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013

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