Barn Spider   Neoscona crucifera, Woodbridge, Virginia   01🕷️

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SpeciesAraneaeAraneidae
Arthropods

🕷️Neoscona crucifera

Neoscona crucifera (Lucas, 1838)

Neoscona crucifera is an orb-weaver spider in the family Araneidae. It is found in the United States from Maine to Florida in the east, to Minnesota in the Midwest, to Arizona in the southwest, southern California coastal communities and in Mexico. Its common names include Hentz orbweaver, spotted orbweaver, and barn spider. The name "barn spider" is also commonly used for a different spider, Araneus cavaticus; its appearance is similar to a Neoscona nautica.

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Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Neoscona crucifera yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.01 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.01 maverage0.01–0.01 m · range across sexes
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Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female, male.

By sex

  • Male0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spiders from Macaronesia and Iberian Peninsula - Morphometry; Macías-Hernández et al. 2020
  • Female0.01 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spiders from Macaronesia and Iberian Peninsula - Morphometry; Macías-Hernández et al. 2020

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Neoscona crucifera yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classArachnida
  4. ›orderAraneae
  5. ›familyAraneidae
  6. ›genusNeoscona
  7. ›speciesNeoscona crucifera
Full lineage
  1. orderSpiders · Araneae
  2. superfamilyAraneoidea
  3. familyAraneidae
  4. genusNeoscona
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumChelicerata
  4. orderSpiders · Araneae
  5. suborderAraneomorphae
  6. superfamilyAraneoidea
  7. familyAraneidae
  8. genusNeoscona
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