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Arabesque orbweaver

Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841)

Status not recordedspiders

The arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca) is a species in the family Araneidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the arabesque orbweaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the arabesque orbweaver live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The arabesque orbweaver is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the arabesque orbweaver endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the arabesque orbweaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyAraneidae
  6. genusNeoscona
  7. SpeciesNeoscona arabesca (Walckenaer, 1841)

Synonyms Aranea minima, Araneus arabesca, Araneus trivittatus, Epeira arabesca, Epeira trivittata, Neoscona minima, Neoscona singularis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Araña tejedora arabescaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the arabesque orbweaver

Other species in the same genus Neoscona.

Barn spider

Neoscona crucifera

AraneidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the arabesque orbweaver live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the arabesque orbweaver for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the arabesque orbweaver?

The arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca) belongs to the family Araneidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arabesque-orbweaver

MLA

“Arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arabesque-orbweaver.

BibTeX
@misc{arabesque_orbweaver_2026,
  title = {Arabesque orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arabesque-orbweaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}