What made this

Moved

… Charley Eiseman, 29 July, 2009 - 9:00pm

Tetragnathid, apparently

This is what emerged (on July 4 of last year) from one that I collected:

Darrell Ubick agreed that it seems to be a tetragnathid. I was unable to raise these spiderlings to adulthood--I was on a road trip when they emerged. These egg sacs are unlike any that I have seen described for tetragnathids, or for any other spiders for that matter. They sure are distinctive, though, and they are extremely common in the Northeast. I will definitely try to raise them again... maybe next year...

… Charley Eiseman, 29 July, 2009 - 8:49pm

Thanks! Oh I can't wait to

Thanks!

Oh I can't wait to see them-I have a big garden they can be set loose in perhaps they will do well. (Perhaps as well as the Nursery web babies are doing ^__^ )

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 30 July, 2009 - 12:11pm

lookie here!

i found this this morning when i was feeding my children..(polys) and it jumped right out at me.
look at the poor sad mother, she'll die wont she?
it will be so interesting to learn if your purse contains spiders....i havent carried a purse in 10 years, i was allways loosing mine
to clarify tho i was responding to the comment that spiders often guard their eggs, (and showing off the purse i found.)

… Edna Woodward, 29 July, 2009 - 2:23pm

Gucci ?

Looks like a purse.
Very interesting.

… Andrew Williams, 3 July, 2009 - 3:08pm

LOL!

Yeah, it'll go on e-Bay for thousands:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 4 July, 2009 - 8:55pm

It's a Fairy Purse

probably lost by a woodland elf. :-)

… Bob Patterson, 3 July, 2009 - 3:06pm

please save it and let us kno

please save it and let us know who comes out!
thats very neat

… Edna Woodward, 3 July, 2009 - 3:00pm

I have it in a jar--waiting.

I have it in a jar--waiting. ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 3 July, 2009 - 11:53pm

No idea.

I have no idea, but I found the same thing the other day in the Wendell State Forest in Franklin County, Massachusetts. My hunch is a spider egg sac or an ichneumon cocoon.

… Eric R. Eaton, 3 July, 2009 - 3:00pm

I thought about a spider-but

I thought about a spider-but don't they guard them?

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 3 July, 2009 - 11:54pm

See other post

I just noticed this new posting, looks almost identical:

… John Pearson, 4 July, 2009 - 3:20pm

Not the same

The one in the other post is made from folding over a leaf, whereas the one in this post is pure silk. The "purse" is suspended from a horizontal "clothesline" when the egg sac is first made.

… Charley Eiseman, 29 July, 2009 - 9:00pm

wait? thats pure silk?

i ddnt realize that! i thought it was made from a leaf..maybe cause it is green..wow

… Edna Woodward, 29 July, 2009 - 9:11pm

thats a clutch purse..the oth

thats a clutch purse..the other one had a handle!

… Edna Woodward, 4 July, 2009 - 9:02pm

I noticed that. ^__^ Some mo

I noticed that. ^__^ Some moths make similar "cocoons" to this also.
I love surprises!

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 5 July, 2009 - 11:02am

any news on the purse?

… Edna Woodward, 24 July, 2009 - 10:54pm

still waiting for something t

still waiting for something to happen

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 25 July, 2009 - 11:11am

me too.

… Edna Woodward, 25 July, 2009 - 11:19am

I just looked at it today and

I just looked at it today and it looks like a bag of marbles that someone is adding to. Such descriptions! LOL!

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 25 July, 2009 - 1:43pm

did anything ever happen with this?

:-) its getting late..
going thru my subscriptions and trying to neaten them up and just wondered.

… Edna Woodward, 12 November, 2009 - 11:15pm

Nothing ever happened with it

Nothing ever happened with it :[

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 13 November, 2009 - 12:56pm

thats no good!

but then neither of my pistol casebearers ever hatched either.

… Edna Woodward, 13 November, 2009 - 2:03pm

i love stuff like that! my ba

i love stuff like that! my bathroom is a cluttered mess, my soaking tub has pots of foodplants my counter is covered with little tubs. it is all facinating even stink bug eggs. tee hee

… Edna Woodward, 25 July, 2009 - 1:56pm