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Spider 005
Copyright © 2008 Jerry Armstrong

Spider 005
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
July 28, 2008
Need help with ID. This spider has strange looking legs. Very small spider. I have no idea what the round white object is, wheather it's his head or something it is carrying. Any comments would be welcomed.
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 29 January, 2009 - 1:58am
Last updated 5 March, 2009 - 11:49am

Moving -
to family page for now...
… Ken Schneider, 5 March, 2009 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Non-expert comment:
Fine photo. This appears to be a "Feather-legged Spider" in the genus Uloborus. I would have thought that the white object is an egg sac, as some spiders (females) carry their egg sacs between the palps until the eggs hatch. The only problem is that Uloborus females make elongated egg sacs, string them together like beads and hang them in the web. See the images here for examples. I will be most interested in what the more knowledgeable folks have to say.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 29 January, 2009 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Um, food, wrapped up to go, perhaps?:-)
Seems somewhat obvious that it could be lunch:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 January, 2009 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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