Neoscona adianta
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Neoscona adianta is a species of spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 belonging to the family Araneidae. It has a Palaearctic distribution.

This is an attractive species, the brown to red abdomen
Abdomen
In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity...

 marked with a series of black-bordered white or cream triangles. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of around 9 mm, the male being rather smaller. The web
Spider web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web or cobweb is a device built by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets....

is usually constructed among flower heads, the spider sitting in full view beside the web on a pad of silk.
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