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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Platnickina » Platnickina mneon
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Platnickina mneon - female
Copyright © 2011 Jeff Hollenbeck

Platnickina mneon - Female
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
June 6, 2011

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 6 June, 2011 - 6:12pm

egg sac question
In the last photo, the Platnickina is holding an egg sac that is different from the tufted one in the first photo. Was the first one possibly from the other spider (which I think is a Theridion)? Or did the eggs get pulled out en masse from the initial outer coating?
… Dan Bodor, 21 May, 2012 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
She
is constructing an egg sac and is laying eggs in this image. When complete it will resemble the other tufted sacs.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 22 May, 2012 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
That makes much more sense.
Thanks!
… Dan Bodor, 22 May, 2012 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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