Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847)
| FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864 Species: Neoscona pratensis (Hentz, 1847)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
spotted orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† orb weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Barrion, A. A., C. V. Casal, L. D. Taylo & D. M. Amalin. 1988. Two orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Philippines causing araneidism. Philipp. J. Sci. 116: 245-254.
Berman, J. D. & H. W. Levi. 1971. The orb weaver genus Neoscona in North America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 141: 465-500.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Araneae. In A list of the insects of New York. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. 101: 1034-1074.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greeland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 29: 1-791. 
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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