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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Eustala » Humpbacked Orbweaver (Eustala anastera)
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Spider - Eustala anastera - female
Copyright © 2010 Audrey R Hoff

Spider - Eustala anastera - Female
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
June 9, 2010
Size: ~10 mm
A nice little spider, one of many attracted to the insects attracted to lights on my deck. I scanned the orb weavers, but didn't see anything close. Size is length of body, excluding legs.

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Spider - Eustala anastera - female Spider - Eustala anastera - female
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Contributed by Audrey R Hoff on 10 June, 2010 - 1:57pm
Last updated 9 December, 2012 - 12:01pm

Moved
Moved from Eustala.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 December, 2012 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

TN Eustala
According to Levi 1977 this must be E. anastera, E. cepina, or E. emertoni. Of those three only E. anastera gets near 10 mm. Both other species are about half that size.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 November, 2012 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Audrey R Hoff, 12 June, 2010 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

We would suggest Eustala
We don't know that genus well enough yet to suggest a species, however.
… john and jane balaban, 10 June, 2010 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

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