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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Metepeira » Labyrinth Orbweaver (Metepeira labyrinthea)
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Spider ID plus what is it's creation? - Metepeira labyrinthea
Copyright © 2012 wingedmary

Spider ID plus what is it's creation? - Metepeira labyrinthea
near Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, USA
September 2, 2012
Spider and it's creation were in shrub underbrush. Spider is at bottom and are those egg cases stacked?

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Spider ID plus what is it's creation? - Metepeira labyrinthea Spider ID plus what is it's creation? - Metepeira labyrinthea
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Contributed by wingedmary on 3 September, 2012 - 11:56am
Last updated 17 October, 2012 - 1:02pm

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… Lynette Elliott, 17 October, 2012 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 28 September, 2012 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Metepeira labyrinthea?
I think the spider is Metepeira labyrinthea based on range. She's got a very impressive tower of egg sacs there!

Let's see what others think.
… Kyron Basu, 3 September, 2012 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

They do look like egg sacs don't they
This is the Labyrinth but we don't know what they use to make their hide there in the middle. Is it egg sacs or old meals or a combination of both???

EDIT: I guess we agree!
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2012 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Eggs
Oops, didn't realize I wasn't alone here. :D Based on comments I've read so far (there's some on the series I linked to) I think they are egg sacs.
… Kyron Basu, 4 September, 2012 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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