Unidentified

Picture ID 19903

Picture of unidentified spider
  • Submitted by: 
    CuriousMinds
  • Submitted: Jun 18, 2018
  • Photographed: Jun 18, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Vienna, West Virginia, United States
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

This looks like a female fishing spider acrobatically pulling her egg sack with her chelacerae. They usually carry the egg sack under their cephalothorax. In the photo her underside (dorsal side) is facing the camera. It is thought that they carry the eggs below their bodies to guard them from parasitic wasps.