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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Eustala » anastera / cepina  (Eustala anastera / cepina )
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What kind of spider is this? - Eustala
Copyright © 2009 Rich Hoyer

What kind of spider is this? - Eustala
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
August 1, 2009
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Contributed by Rich Hoyer on 18 August, 2009 - 6:54pm
Last updated 9 December, 2012 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from Eustala.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 December, 2012 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders. Neat shot.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 February, 2010 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

The green made us think
A. bicentenarius at first but it seems that the humped abdomen would be more obvious. So we started thinking Eustala. That's why we stopped at Orb Weaver.
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2009 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

an offbeat thought
It's almost as if the orb weaver is sucking the green out of the lacewing, and adding the color to its own back.
… Andrew Williams, 18 August, 2009 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Difficult to say -
an Orb Weaver, maybe Araneus, but ...
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2009 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

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