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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Pirate spiders (Mimetidae) » Ero » Ero canionis
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Pirate spider egg sac? - Ero canionis
Copyright © 2012 Kyron Basu

Pirate spider egg sac? - Ero canionis
Cowichan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
June 29, 2012
Same egg sac a couple of days later, backlit to show the eggs inside.

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Pirate spider egg sac? - Ero canionis Pirate spider egg sac? - Ero canionis
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Contributed by Kyron Basu on 29 June, 2012 - 10:51pm

That's cool
It doesn't look like there are that many eggs in there.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 June, 2012 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
That's cool
The other sacs seem to be the same way. Just a handful or so in each. I wonder what all the extra space is for.
… Kyron Basu, 30 June, 2012 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
room for the spiderlings
after they hatch?
… Lynette Elliott, 1 July, 2012 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
Makes sense
Judging from the size of the eggs in relation to the sac, it looks like they could use it!
… Kyron Basu, 1 July, 2012 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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