Species Eustala anastera - Humpbacked Orbweaver

Classification · Size · Print References · Works Cited

Orb Weaver Spider, Eustala anastera - Eustala anastera - female

BG1248 C8404 - Eustala anastera - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Eustala

Species anastera (Humpbacked Orbweaver)

Size

5-8 mm (female), 4-6 mm (male)

Print References

Howell, pp. 162-163, fig. 90 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide By W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 October, 2005 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Jeff Hollenbeck, Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 30 August, 2008 - 11:15pm

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