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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Unidentified Spider Egg Sacs, Webs, Retreats, and Droppings
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spider egg sac?
Copyright © 2013 Ilona L.

spider egg sac?
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 19, 2008
This sac was suspended between twigs on a Box Elder by a "Y"-shaped web.

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spider egg sac? spider egg sac?
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 16 February, 2013 - 12:08pm
Last updated 11 March, 2013 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 March, 2013 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Maybe
But I could imagine it being a moth cocoon too.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 February, 2013 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Wouldn't it be difficult for
Wouldn't it be difficult for a caterpillar to attach itself to the twigs in such a manner?
… Ilona L., 16 February, 2013 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah, probably
It's just an odd shape. I'd guess it was made by a tetragnathid, but I'm not sure.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 February, 2013 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

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