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Humpbacked Orbweaver

Eustala anastera

6,837 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 33, February 32, March 42, April 69, May 42, June 54, July 25, August 19, September 23, October 25, November 31, December 30.
United States1,779
Texas379
Canada315
Ontario237
Virginia108
North Carolina107
Ohio100
New York98
Michigan89
Massachusetts78

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSpiders · Araneae
FamilyOrbweavers · Araneidae
GenusEustala

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