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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » unidentified egg sacs, spiderlings, & young spiders
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Newly hatched spiders
Copyright © 2011 tikkun

Newly hatched spiders
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
May 9, 2011
Size: Tiny
Several hundred of these newly hatched critters. Any idea what they will grow into?
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Contributed by tikkun on 9 May, 2011 - 5:23pm
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 9:45am

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 May, 2011 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 May, 2011 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
ID for these guys?
I saw you moved this out of ID. Do you know what they are?
… tikkun, 10 May, 2011 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry no,
I believe they are orb-weaver spiderlings of some kind. Until we can get a contributor to follow some to an adult we will just have to be patient. We have other images of yellow spiderlings from the East Coast as well. I haven't found a reference yet that tells us how we can place these with any certainty.

Also, this spider page of the guide is where the spider experts come to give their opinions. ID Request gets overcrowded. In fact, you can post your spider images directly here and all the spider experts will see it.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 May, 2011 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I could capture a couple, but not sure how to keep them alive until adulthood. Is there a guide I could follow? In a week or so, they'll disperse.
… tikkun, 11 May, 2011 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
rearing spiderlings
Keep them in a jar and here are some feeding tips.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 May, 2011 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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