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Neoscona nautica
A common wide spread species well adapted in indoor environment with human

Female 9mm

8-8-2015 SPORT COMPLEX
 

Family: Araneidae
Genus: Neoscona

Neoscona nautica
Spotted Orbweavers, Laba-laba

EDA 17-11-2014 MON 10:10AM

♀8mm

Cephalothorax longer than wide, blackish; cephalic region darker; thoracic region near posterior end brownish and excavated.
Chelicerae blackish, outer margin with four teeth and inner margin with three teeth, fang smaller.
Endite (Maxillae) much longer compared to labium, yellowish, inner margin dark.
Labium much shorter, yellowish, distal margin dark
Sternum blackish with a brownish median longitudinal marking, posterior half only slightly narrowed.
Legs blackish, anterior legs more blackish, while posterior two legs with greyish bands at the proximal end of tibia and metatarsus.
 

Dorsum (the upper half) of abdomen velvety black(天鵝絨般的黑色), with a middorsal slightly paler region with two lateral projections. (see detail image below)

A pair of whitish or greyish spots on the anterior half present. Longer than wide, somewhat heart shaped, a few whitish isolated bristles stand out from dorsum.

Ventrum with blackish broad patch bordered at each posterolateral angle with a white spot.

Epigyne (epigynum) with a scape constricted at the middle, basal region wider, distal end narrower and pointed.

Middorsal with two lateral projections.