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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Enoplognatha » Enoplognatha ovata
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Mom and baby spiders? - Enoplognatha ovata
Copyright © 2012 John Roper

Mom and baby spiders? - Enoplognatha ovata
Sammamish, King County, Washington, USA
July 4, 2012
Not sure if this spider was tending the baby spiders or preying on them. It's activities seemed benign but it was hard to tell.

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Mom and baby spiders? - Enoplognatha ovata Baby spiders - Araneus diadematus
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Contributed by John Roper on 4 July, 2012 - 4:46pm
Last updated 11 October, 2012 - 8:32am

Moved to Enoplognatha ovata
Moved from Spiders.

This is a cool shot. That E. ovata is preying on the A. diadematus spiderling ball!
… Lynette Elliott, 11 October, 2012 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 25 July, 2012 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

The large spider looks to be Enoplognathus
while the spiderlings look to be Araneus. Interesting? Coincidental meeting?
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2012 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

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