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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Unidentified Spider Egg Sacs, Webs, Retreats, and Droppings
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What is it?
Copyright © 2011 Jerry Armstrong

What is it?
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
November 15, 2011
Size: 3 mm
Does anyone have any idea as to what this is? It wasn't there last night and appears to be some sort of deposit. As it is on a vertical surface it more or less rules out a droplet of some sorts. Practically flat with little relief (see side photo). I'm almost certain that this is insect related but how and what?

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What is it? What is it?
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 16 November, 2011 - 4:32am
Last updated 15 January, 2017 - 12:52pm

Moved
Moved from True Spiders.
… Laura P., 15 January, 2017 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I say we keep them for now, and frass if someone submits comparable images from a known species.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 November, 2011 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
Poop? My spiders' looks a bit like this (maybe slightly different coloring), but I don't know how old this is, what made it, or what it was eating.
… John R. Maxwell, 16 November, 2011 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like spider poop to me
too.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 November, 2011 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I third the spider poo theory
Looks just like the poop a lot of my spiders make. Sometimes the fluid is white in some species, sometimes it's rust colored or even yellowish (almost always little brown chunks in it, though). The spider must have been perched on the wall and let it rip. Right above the main splotch, you can see smaller droplets, probably from the spider walking as it did it.
… Mandy Howe, 16 November, 2011 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I thank you all for the spider poop ID, this one had my curiosity. Now the question is, should it be frassed or is there a place in BG for it?
… Jerry Armstrong, 16 November, 2011 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

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