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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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Are these spiders?
Copyright © 2009 Hilma Anderson

Are these spiders?
Franklin, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
May 28, 2009
Size: cluster about 1/2"
These tiny spiders(?) suddenly came out of nowhere...the whole cluster of them. I thought it was a ball of fuzz until I brushed it and they got all over me. They regathered. If they're spiders, what kind? By evening, they were all gone.
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Contributed by Hilma Anderson on 1 August, 2009 - 1:41pm
Last updated 2 March, 2010 - 9:30am

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… Lynette Elliott, 2 March, 2010 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Yep, they're spiderlings
Most species of spider will stay huddled together as spiderlings for the first few days or even a week...and then later disperse from the 'nest'. When they're small they are canabalistic little things. They eat each other just to survive. There's no way to figure out what kind of spider they are unless you can see the mother spider around. Spiderlings can't be identified until they are older (adult is best).

[edit] Actually they look quite similar to some of the orb weaver spiderlings in the guide.
… Mandy Howe, 29 October, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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