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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Webs and Other Silken Constructions
Photo#573787
Any Idea what made this?
Copyright © 2011 MRoll

Any Idea what made this?
Medicine Hat, Southern Alberta, Alberta, Canada
September 8, 2011
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Contributed by MRoll on 8 September, 2011 - 2:05pm
Last updated 22 February, 2013 - 8:35am

Reminds me of
a tall one of these

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2015/10/18/humbug-tangled-webs
http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic.cgi?id=6176761870&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflickrhivemind.net%2FTags%2Fcalymmaria%2FInteresting%3Fsearch_type%3DTags%3Btextinput%3Dcalymmaria%3Bphoto_type%3D250%3Bmethod%3DGET%3Bnoform%3Dt%3Bsort%3DInterestingness%23pic6176761870&user=&flickrurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/21529332@N08/6176761870
… John R. Maxwell, 27 November, 2015 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unsolved Bug-related Mysteries.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 February, 2013 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
I have no clue, but I'm very curious what this is... I've moved it to the "unsolved mysteries" section; hopefully someone will figure it out eventually. Any follow-up observations?
… Charley Eiseman, 10 October, 2011 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

need clues
took awhile to recognize the tunnel, and light at far end. you are questioning the vertical "stripe" from tunnel roof to ground? what size? what appearance? what material?
… nathan pate, 8 September, 2011 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Web
It is silk, like a web. Starts out wide at the top and turns cylindrical (like a tube). It was about 5 feet from the top the grew about a foot a day its now on the ground.
… MRoll, 9 September, 2011 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

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