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title: "Western Spotted Orbweaver"
description: "Neoscona oaxacensis — Insecten en spinnen. Neoscona oaxacensis, known as western spotted orbweaver and zig-zag spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-spotted-orbweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western Spotted Orbweaver

> Neoscona oaxacensis — Insecten en spinnen. Neoscona oaxacensis, known as western spotted orbweaver and zig-zag spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.

- Scientific name: *Neoscona oaxacensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 32463
- Wikidata: [Q1996371](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1996371)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123713](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123713)

## Names

- en: Western Spotted Orbweaver
- es: Araña manchada de jardín

## Countries with the most observations

US (14324), MX (9419), EC (480), HN (69), NI (56), CR (28), SV (10), GT (8), UM (4), DO (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoscona_oaxacensis

## Photo

![Western Spotted Orbweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-spotted-orbweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexis Luna Padilla · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323690291

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-spotted-orbweaver?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).