#4409 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Western Spotted Orbweaver

Neoscona oaxacensis

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michael Schmidt · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © SHadoly Green Gray · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © cryschellejeffery · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Art Mur · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © lazarus · CC BY 4.0
6. © Melanie · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Obetz, OH 43207, USA:© jdmoore112 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Forestal, Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© sierra de Guadalupe y la Armella · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 60760 Parácuaro, Mich., México:© taniaortega · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nueva Esperanza, 43580 Epazoyucan, Hgo., México:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Neoscona oaxacensis , known as western spotted orbweaver and zig-zag spider , is a species of spider in the family Araneidae. It is distributed in the Americas, being widespread across Western USA and Mexico and Central America to at least Costa Rica, with sporadic southern reports from Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, including the Galápagos Islands.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 33,979iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
33,979 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugen von Keyserling in 1864 (162 years ago).