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When I first saw this spiky egg sac, I had to wonder if a Brown Widow might have found its way here! I brought it in for closer examination and suddenly a few dozen of these little guys started coming out.
So, definitely not widows, but wondering if anyone has any ideas.
Photographed at 20X magnification. Microscope field of view is ~1cm.
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- Submitted: Dec 17, 2017
- Photographed: Sep 5, 2017
- Spider: Unidentified
- Maturity:Immature
- Location: Lansing, Leavenworth county, Kansas, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Spiderlings
Is there a way to add more photos?
Thank you!
Hi, I don’t think there is a way to link photos here yet but that feature may be added in an update. You may add more images separately at this time. If you have images that show more detail I look forward to seeing them. Spiderlings can be near impossible to ID but we’ll try to figure it out if we can. If you still have them you can try to raise them too, after a few molts they may be easier to recognize. Welcome to SpiderID! 🙂
Thank you ItsyBitsy! I pretty much knew it would be a stretch, but thought I’d give it a shot. Thought maybe the egg sac shape would help (hence wishing multiple photos could be added), but my pictures of it aren’t very good.
As far as raising them, I’m sorry to say I didn’t have the facility to try to raise them, but I wish I could have. I turned the survivors loose.
Furthermore, I’m happy to be back in you all’s company as I’m a carryover from Spider.Us!
P.S. A search bar would be nice!:)
I’m not too familiar with the range of what Tetragnatha egg sacs look like but a quick google search shows that some of them can be a be on the spiky side. Euryopis is another one with egg sacs that might be confused with a Brown Widow’s but I wasn’t getting that vibe from the image. But still … spiderlings and not much detail, real tough to be sure. Great to have you back and great to be back! I’ll pass on that request for a search bar. 🙂
Right now I’m wondering if it might be Tetragnatha, but it’s only a guess.
(Note to administrator.) Holding bin needed for spiderlings.