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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Bolas Spiders (Mastophora) » Mastophora cornigera
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Closeup of spider hiding place (?) near spherical egg sacs (?) - Mastophora cornigera
Copyright © 2009 John Callender

Closeup of spider hiding place (?) near spherical egg sacs (?) - Mastophora cornigera
Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
December 5, 2009
Size: 1.5 cm
Closeup of the place where a "tent" of spider silk (?) had been created near a group of six spherical objects.

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Spider egg sacs (?) at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Carpinteria, CA - Mastophora cornigera Spider egg sacs (?) at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh - Mastophora cornigera Closeup of spider hiding place (?) near spherical egg sacs (?) - Mastophora cornigera
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Contributed by John Callender on 6 December, 2009 - 12:45pm
Last updated 3 November, 2012 - 10:32am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 6 December, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
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Is this from Mastophora cornigera, or just on the same tree?
… John R. Maxwell, 6 December, 2009 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Not sure, really.
I can't say for sure if this was produced by the spider, or if it just happens to be on the same stem that holds the egg cases. It certainly looks like it's associated with the web holding the egg cases, though. There are threads from the loose web holding the egg cases that lead directly to the area of the triangular structure, and appear to be incorporated into it. If you look at the wider photo, it shows the spatial relationship between the various parts.
… John Callender, 6 December, 2009 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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