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Oak twig growing leggy fruit 👀
(Eustala orb weaver, being a lump 🩶)
Little grey/green Eustala species orb weaver, being a lump on an oak bud, as if the twig is growing a spider
March 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
hydaticus.bsky.social
Humpbacked Orbweaver (Eustala anastera), Travis County, Texas.

#macro #spiders
A blue-green spider with yellow accents sits atop lichens with the same color scheme.
March 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Male humpbacked orb weavers (Eustala anastera) are such gorgeous creatures 💚
Orb weaver boy with algae green body and lichen green booty, in his web in the night
January 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
This is proper advertising for a hiking trail: There's Spoods Here

(Eustala orb weaver, being a lump 💚)
Pale greenish gray orb weaver in lump mode, on a sign with figures indicating a hiking trail
March 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
There is no spider here

But if there was, it would be a Eustala anastera boy 💚
Small oak covered in pale green flaky lichen, among which a small perfectly camouflaged orb weaver is hiding. Part of his web is visible to the right
February 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Eustala are usually masters of blending in during the day when they're hiding out, but this boy... No. I love him though.
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Bright lichen green eustala anastera boy, in a brown spiky pincushion of a flower bud
January 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
arachtober.bsky.social
Eustala - #Arachtober 18
Another spider I can't get IDed past genus. Related to the Humpback Orbweaver.

#spider #spidersofinstagram #macrophotography #naturephotography
Macro photo of a greenish orb weaver spider in her web
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
They're not wrong!

PNW Eustala excel at "Mossy Camo"

#InverteFest #becurious
macro photo of a small brown, green and black orbweaver perched on green moss.
December 28, 2023 at 2:58 PM
luxomancer.bsky.social
Blessed Night Weaver protect us 🙏

Orbweaver, genus #Eustala, possibly E. anastera.

July 2021.

#Macrophotography
#Spiders
#Arachnids
#Orbweaver
A photo of a brown and green orbweaver spider with its font legs drawn up close to the front of its body as it rests on light blue colored wood siding. The legs are brown, slender, and covered in large spine like hairs. Its head is tan, its pedipalps are mottled with black spots and its small dark eyes shine. The spider's abdomen has green and brown markings.
September 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Eustala anastera boys remain some of the prettiest spoods you'll ever see. Little leggy lichen lads 🥹
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Orb weaver with spiky legs, colored all over (minus some dark brown markings) like a pale green lichen
January 12, 2024 at 2:38 AM
emericanjezebel.bsky.social
A couple of very good spoods I found in the house this weekend.

Left is a Running Crab Spider (in the Philodromus genus), and right is a Humpbacked Orbweaver (Eustala anastera)
tan, orange, and cream colored spider green and black spider
June 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Just a couple of buds 🤎
(Eustala lumps are some of my favorite lumps, always)
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3 large reddish brown oak buds, like a trident, with a tiny orb weaver colored to blend in very well at the base of the buds
February 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
More Eustala Orb Weaver goodness for #Arachtober

#inverts #becurious
macro photo of a small orb weaver on a Kalanchoe flower. the spider is light brown with dark brown markings on their abdomen. the flower bud is coral colored.
October 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Such a pretty Orb 🤎
Eustala are kinda my favorite.
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Pale brown orb weaver with a chonky booty with a reddish spade pattern on top. She's perched among the dried leaves of some shrub, legs bunched around her The face of the creature, peering out from between her legs held in a V shape Closer look at the reddish spade pattern on her booty
March 19, 2024 at 3:28 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Quick walk in my back yard provided this lovely eustala lass with a nighttime snack. Carry on, friend 💚🌿🕷️
Pale green orb weaver, legs spread, monching on a bug in her web
October 6, 2023 at 3:36 AM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Can't get more #Arachtober than Eustala Orb Weaver on a pumpkin!

Love the mossy camo color on this one! (I love all of them, who am I kidding?)

#inverts #becurious
macro photo of a small orb weaver. they are brown with mossy green wavy pattern on their abdomen. they are perched on the side of an orange and white pumpkin with their head facing downward
October 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Lovely! Eustala are the prettiest! No contest!
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
One of my favorite things from Twitter was my long-running 80+ tweet thread of lovely eustala orb weaver booties. Kinda want to start it again over here at some point. In the meantime, here's one of my favorite color morphs, from this evening! 💚🤍
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Orb weaver in her web against the night sky; she's green and brown, with a white triangular patch on her booty, surrounded by algae green
November 16, 2023 at 4:29 AM
grays.art
Humpbacked orb weaver (Eustala anastera) / tomato plant

Out back in August, the rainy, mild season grew the striped tomatoes wild and thick, home to all sorts of such local characters.

#spiders #arachnids #arthropods #orbWeavers #bugs #webs #gardens #gardening #fauna #flora #photography #macro 🕷️
Vertical close up of furry orange and white spider on a tomato plant leaf, four of its black spherical eyes in a square in the center, pedipalps hanging below them, four of its legs gathered two on each side, symmetrically framing the spider’s head and body, its other legs hidden beneath.
December 16, 2024 at 4:53 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Freshly-molted flying land squid 🖤
Eustala sp orb weaver found finishing up her molt, early this year. A lovely sight. 🕷️🌿
A pale brown orb weaver dangling by thread, her old skin crumpled above her on the line; legs gracefully trailing from her, giving the impression of a squid
August 17, 2023 at 3:47 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Eustala 🤎💚
Some of my favorite little orb weavers, the prettiest lumps. Wouldn't be #Arachtober without them.
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Small tan orb weaver at rest on a shoot of young oak. She's chonky, with a deep red triangular pattern on her booty Pale "lichen" green orb weaver at rest on an oak twig. He has black bands on his legs Chonky dark red orb weaver, at rest on the tip of a palmetto frond
October 4, 2023 at 3:03 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Eustala understand setting and presentation like few other spiders do (and some humans. Hi, I'm some humans). They seem to love the colors and vibe of tarflower (Bejaria racemosa) in winter. I do too. ❤️
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Dark red-orange orb weaver at rest in the dried opened berry of the tarflower, which is also dark red-orange. Closer shot of the spider's face peering out from the berry Side view; the berry's 7 opened sides almost grasping the spider like a clawed hand
December 28, 2023 at 3:53 AM
crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Evening #Arachtober post.

Be ready for many Eustala Orbweaver pics this month! They are teeny and PERFECT and come in a variety of colors to boot!

#inverts #becurious
macro photo of a very small brown orb weaver with dark brown and orange ab markings. they are on the curve of a dried orange poppy flower which is on a diagonal from upper left to lower right of photo
October 3, 2024 at 12:08 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
This lump remains my favorite eustala color morph (or species? Who knows with this genus); I love that mossy shade of green on her booty, and that white arrow on top is just perfect. They're so pretty. 💚🌿🕷️
Speckly green and white orb weaver, legs bunched around her as she hides on a twig Side view. She has "spiny" legs, and there's a closer look at the mossy green on the sides of her abdomen
January 5, 2024 at 3:39 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Perhaps the only eustala species (emertoni) I'm reasonably confident ID-ing to species, I spot so many of these in grasslands/savannah habitat. Color shades vary some, but are otherwise very consistent in appearance. Juveniles can be bright red, which is fun: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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Light reddish brown orb weaver on a dried reddish brown flower
January 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM