Clinging tightly to the curve of a leaf, this small orb-weaver (Neoscona punctigera) exhibits the cryptic resting posture typical of the species during daylight hours. Equipped with dense spination along the legs and carapace, the spider’s morphology provides both camouflage and structural support for capturing prey. Although diurnally concealed, N. punctigera becomes an active nocturnal hunter by constructing and occupying a vertical orb web where it relies on the bright, contrasting ventral spots of its abdomen as visual lures for phototactic insects. This combination of daytime crypsis and nighttime signal-based predation reflects the species’ finely tuned behavioural ecology and its adaptation to the dynamic rhythms of its environment.