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Egg sac - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2012 R. Berg

Egg sac - Araneus diadematus
Alameda County, California, USA
November 25, 2012
Ma Cross stayed on the egg sac until November 17 and then vanished. Sometimes she would take water or sugar water from a saturated cotton swab. She consumed two fruit flies on November 1 but took no interest later in live insects that I offered.

I collected the egg sac on November 25.

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Ma Cross - Araneus diadematus - female Ma Cross - Araneus diadematus - female Ma Cross - Araneus diadematus - female Egg sac - Araneus diadematus Egg sac: interior - Araneus diadematus Eggs, close up - Araneus diadematus
Contributed by R. Berg on 25 November, 2012 - 7:28pm

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