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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
Copyright © 2011 oliver1

Spider - Eustala anastera
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 29, 2011
Size: approx. 8-10 mm
7 pm in my yard. Web suspended between two small magnolia trees at a height of approx. 6-7'.
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Contributed by oliver1 on 29 September, 2011 - 7:25pm
Last updated 6 January, 2013 - 1:17pm

Moved
Moved from anastera / cepina . Good point made below, it has two dark posterior spots, so this is very likely anastera.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 January, 2013 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eustala. Your size suggests anastera, but we aren't seeing the upturned abdomen so we can't be sure it's not cepina.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 January, 2013 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like we might see
the dark spot on lateral posterior??
… john and jane balaban, 6 January, 2013 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Ventral view?
We're thinking this might be E. anastera. Did you take a side or ventral view?
… Lynette Elliott, 16 December, 2012 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
no
sorry
… oliver1, 17 December, 2012 - 6:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 September, 2011 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

Perfectly harmless and beneficial orb weaver
in the genus Eustala
… john and jane balaban, 29 September, 2011 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Not sure whether its needed here.
… oliver1, 29 September, 2011 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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