Taxonomic Hierarchy
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Eustala
- Species: Eustala anastera
Common Name (AAS
)
Humpbacked Orbweaver
Other Common Names
Hump-backed Orb-weaver
Author
(Walckenaer, 1841)
Primary Colors
Sightings Overview
There have been 15 confirmed sightings of Eustala anastera (Hump-backed Orb-weaver), with the most recent sighting submitted on June 24, 2024 by Spider ID member rhilfers. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 15 sightings because of certain Eustala anastera sightings reporting incomplete data.
- Web: 40% of the time, Eustala anastera spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 15)
- Sex: 0 female and 6 male.
- Environment: Eustala anastera has been sighted 14 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
- Outdoors: Man-made structure (11). Low foliage (1). High foliage (1). Ground layer (1).
Location and Range
Eustala anastera (Hump-backed Orb-weaver) has been sighted in the following countries: United States.
Eustala anastera has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas.
Seasonality
Eustala anastera has been primarily sighted during the month of April.
- January:
- February:
- March: 2
- April: 4
- May: 4
- June: 3
- July:
- August:
- September:
- October: 1
- November:
- December: 1
Additional Remarks
Type species.