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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Rhomphaea » Rhomphaea projiciens
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Mom, Egg Sac, and Spiderlings - Rhomphaea projiciens - female
Copyright © 2009 Jon Hart

Mom, Egg Sac, and Spiderlings - Rhomphaea projiciens - Female
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
November 9, 2009
I would suggest Neospintharus genus, but nothing more. This may explain my earlier batch of spiderlings which hatched out on another branch of the same oak tree. I took a number of close-ups of the spiderlings, however, they *are* a wee bit, meaning I didn't get any of them with their eyes "open". Most had their legs over their faces and didn't move much. Only darkness made me leave them. And, with the overflow from Ida coming in, I doubt they will be around tomorrow. Figures.....

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 9 November, 2009 - 6:48pm
Last updated 8 November, 2010 - 9:16am

Moved
Moved from Argyrodes/Faiditus/Neospintharus/Rhomphaea.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 November, 2010 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

I don't suppose
you have any shots showing the spine on this one?
… Lynette Elliott, 4 November, 2010 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
That crossed my mind as well.....
I'll have to dig through my CD's and find the entries for this and give 'em a good look.
… Jon Hart, 4 November, 2010 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 2 December, 2009 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 November, 2009 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

shield?
Could you shield them from heavy rain somehow?
… Andrew Williams, 9 November, 2009 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know why,
but I will give it a try. Wind is a big factor right now. It's blowing a pretty fair lick.
… Jon Hart, 9 November, 2009 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
saving them
Just wondered if you'd be able to preserve the web and spiderlings. Didn't think about the strong winds.
… Andrew Williams, 10 November, 2009 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

 
At the risk of having
my neighbors call the man in the Good Humor suit, I tried to cover a largish section of the bough. Unfortunately, the winds made minced-meat of my efforts along with the lower branches of the tree. Most if not all the lower branches have been pretty much stripped of leaves on this tree, now.
… Jon Hart, 10 November, 2009 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, Neospintharus sp.
That seems to be the right genus (maybe). But I've no idea about the species.
… Mandy Howe, 9 November, 2009 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

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