The excitation spectrum of a parabolic quantum dot in quantizing magne
tic field is investigated in terms of the diagrammatic technique. The
case of weak confining potential is considered. A full classification
of diagrams is presented. It occurs that the confining potential drama
tically alters the excitation nature. As for the lowest branch of the
spectrum, the frequencies are essentially the sums of three terms: sin
gle-particle drift, magnetoplasmon, and exciton contributions. The exc
iton term dominates the magnetoplasmon one.