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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Unidentified Spiderlings/Juveniles
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Banana Spiderlings
Copyright © 2013 Laura P.

Banana Spiderlings
Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA
June 6, 2013
Size: Approx 1mm
I went to move a bunch of bananas on my counter and noticed this egg sac with 20+ dead spiderlings and exuvium. The bubble of the egg sac is about 1cm across and the bananas are from Costa Rica. Any idea?

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Contributed by Laura P. on 6 June, 2013 - 10:35pm
Last updated 9 June, 2013 - 7:48am

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Moved from Spiders. There really is no place for these, but I'll put them here for now. The problem here is we don't know where they came from. Normally, that would mean they go on an Accidental Adventives (AA) page, but we don't have one of those for spiderlings or at this taxonomic level. Usually when there's an "AA" we can at least place it to family.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 June, 2013 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

Banana Spiderlings
No clue.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 June, 2013 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

 
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Can't really think of anything either. Salticidae might be my wild guess based on the eyes in the face shot? Doesn't look so much like that from up top though, but it is shriveled.
… Kyron Basu, 7 June, 2013 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
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Yeah, I'm not so sure the eyes match up for a Salticid but it's very immature and shriveled so I'm not sure. I was trying to think of things with big rows of eyes, Selenops came to mind but I really have no idea. Is there a place to file stuff like this?
… Laura P., 8 June, 2013 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Maybe here? http://bugguide.net/node/view/317520/bgimage

Though since the spiders may be from Costa Rica I'm not sure that's appropriate. Lynette would know.
… Kyron Basu, 9 June, 2013 - 2:38am login or register to post comments

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