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13-06-2008, 02:39 PM
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| | | Spider cocoon ?
I must admit i dont have a clue what this is, does anyone else ?. The cocoon is about 4mms ...  |
13-06-2008, 02:51 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
It should be hanging upside down btw - and i`m leaning towards a moth now  ... |
13-06-2008, 03:12 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Perhaps the egg sac of Meta menardi? |
13-06-2008, 03:26 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
I`m not sure if the habitat is suited to that particular spider, i found it under a thin piece of pine wood in my garden ... |
13-06-2008, 03:32 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Dosen't sound quite so likely then. |
13-06-2008, 03:41 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Looks like an Ero spp egg sac. You did say it was hanging upside down right?
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13-06-2008, 03:47 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Yes it was hanging upside down ... |
13-06-2008, 03:52 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Right, then I'd go with a Pirate spider, an Ero spp according to Collins either E.cambridgei or E.furcata
I'll put this in, not as confirmation, but for images really.
My knowledge of egg sacs is quite limited I'm afraid  http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spider.../Mimetidae.htm
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13-06-2008, 03:58 PM
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| | | Re: Spider cocoon ?
Ok thanks for the help and ID, if i kept this egg sac, the spiderlings would be microscopic, wouldent they ?, so i wont bother ... | | | |
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