Spider Egg Sacs ?
Mar 20, 2019 18:08:19 #
I found these while working in the yard today. I have no idea as to what they are but I suspect maybe spider egg sacs ? Note the small hole in the image with the pair of them. The other one is opened on the other side.
Mar 20, 2019 18:29:19 #
Mar 20, 2019 19:07:40 #
tinusbum wrote:
they look like Argiope aurantia eggsac's
Thanks That looks to be it !!!
Mar 20, 2019 22:16:49 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
I found these while working in the yard today. I have no idea as to what they are but I suspect maybe spider egg sacs ? Note the small hole in the image with the pair of them. The other one is opened on the other side.
I would keep them. At worst you get a lot of spiders to turn loose. At best, who knows what parasite.
Jar and nylon stocking and rubber band lid.
Bill
Mar 21, 2019 06:17:40 #
Pirate spiders have egg sacs like these, they usually hang by a single thread.
Mar 21, 2019 14:45:27 #
By coincidence I was just on your Flickr page today and saw them. Have not seen a pair before.
Agree it would be interesting to see ... what emerges.
Agree it would be interesting to see ... what emerges.
Mar 21, 2019 15:47:16 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
I found these while working in the yard today. I have no idea as to what they are but I suspect maybe spider egg sacs ? Note the small hole in the image with the pair of them. The other one is opened on the other side.
Cool!! I have 2 hanging on my garage since last summer-fall. They will hatch in the spring or summer. The Spider from which they came from has died. Mine was a Garden spider. The big yellow and black ones
Anxious to see what happens!! And Where they go!! Can't believe they have made it through the winter and strong winds
Mar 21, 2019 18:40:35 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
I found these while working in the yard today. I have no idea as to what they are but I suspect maybe spider egg sacs ? Note the small hole in the image with the pair of them. The other one is opened on the other side.
This is always like Christmas to me. You may never be sure what you are getting till you get it.
Some spiders overwinter as eggs. The Argiope is one. These egg cases do not look like Web builders egg cases. To me.
Look close at the jumbled mess of silk around the case. These look to be beaten to the ground over the winter. Good, better protected now. These are, in my belief, Nursery Web spiders. Pisauridae.
While most emerge and hibernate as Spiderlings, many do not, and this egg case fits them. I would go so far as to say Dolomedes sp.
Bill
Mar 21, 2019 18:50:32 #
Giant Wood Orb Weaver Egg Sac
Giant Wood Orb Weaver Egg Sac
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Giant Wood Orb Weaver ventral view
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Giant Wood Orb Weaver Wrapping Cricket
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Mar 21, 2019 19:22:41 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Are these in Georgia? Am not sure of range of your (this) spider.Giant Wood Orb Weaver Egg Sac
The two egg sacs posted may be empty. Are they?
That is important in ID, Timing of the seasons.
Bill again
This spider is lucky. Looks like someone buys her dinner.
Mar 22, 2019 12:08:26 #
Of the two eggs sacs, one appears to be empty and the other has a tiny hole in the side of it It can be seen easily on download). The third sac appears intact. I have collected them for posterity to see what emerges... On a different note, I saw my first Eastern Tiger Swallowtail when walking the dog yesterday & today while walking hin spotted a squished Spicebush Swallowtail on the road...
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