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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Unidentified Spider Egg Sacs, Webs, Retreats, and Droppings
Photo#460176
Soft Scale?
Copyright © 2010 Kevin Hall

Soft Scale?
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
September 21, 2010
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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 29 September, 2010 - 11:56pm
Last updated 30 September, 2010 - 7:09am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 30 September, 2010 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

Maybe
a spider egg sac? Size?
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2010 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

 
size
~7 mm, maybe a little bigger

boy, do I feel dumb. I thought all spider egg sacs were webby globular looking things! :)
… Kevin Hall, 30 September, 2010 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

 
Or maybe
a fungus or slime mold.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2010 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

 
Spider egg sac
Probably Phrurotimpus.
Note the bumps in the middle from where the eggs used to be.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2010 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I knew I had seen the red ones in the guide before, but I didn't look past family level in Corinnidae.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2010 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

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