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Pholcus eggs hatching - Pholcus phalangioides
Copyright © 2008 andrewbateman

Pholcus eggs hatching - Pholcus phalangioides
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
September 5, 2007
The eggs of a cellar spider inthe process of hatching. The spider with the yellow arrow beside it is emerging

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Contributed by andrewbateman on 29 March, 2008 - 12:33pm

Wow, terrific series
And this photo is brilliant.
… Jay Barnes, 23 May, 2008 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

Wow, nice shots!
How big are the eggs?
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 29 March, 2008 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
eggs
Thanks for your encouragement. About the size of the eggs, I’m not very good at estimating sizes but they are perhaps 1 mm diameter. I was impressed that such a large volume of eggs could be produced from the body of such a relatively small animal.
… andrewbateman, 30 March, 2008 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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