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Swamp thing
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Swamp thing
Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, USA
February 16, 2008
Size: 35 mm long
This thing has me stumped. Found two of them while walking along the boardwalk at Okefenokee. It sort of seems like a huge spider egg sac looking at it now, but I had the impression of a moth cocoon at the time. Unfortunately I couldn't reach either one of them to investigate further.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 March, 2008 - 10:12pm
Last updated 28 April, 2008 - 10:27pm

Moved
Moved from Moths. Dave Wagner suggested this might be a spider egg sac, which I'm not sure about, but having a lepidopterist suggest that makes me hesitant to keep it filed under moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 April, 2008 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but could it be one of the structures built by a Purseweb Spider (Atypidae)?
… John R. Maxwell, 26 March, 2008 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
No,
I sure was hoping to find some of those though!
Both of these were attached to twigs maybe 8-10 feet off the ground..
… Charley Eiseman, 26 March, 2008 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

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