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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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Orbweaver - Eustala anastera
Copyright © 2014 David Ferris

Orbweaver - Eustala anastera
Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County, Minnesota, USA
June 26, 2014
Found on a fallen ash tree, growing in an ash stand in a tall grass prairie. Would scurry across tree then stop and tuck legs under abdomen.
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Contributed by David Ferris on 27 June, 2014 - 8:21am
Last updated 22 July, 2014 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 22 July, 2014 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2014 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Yes, Beautiful
Looks to be one of the Eustala
… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2014 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
I believe you are right, mayb
I believe you are right, maybe Eustala anastera?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/154582
… David Ferris, 27 June, 2014 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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