Gruesome Basement Window Findings
Nov 7, 2019 23:45:35 #
Now that we have had our first day of snow, 
I decided to shoot inside today for fun. Here's what I found on the basement windowsill with my Canon MP-E65. I don't know who the egg sac belongs to. Comments for improvement welcomed.
I decided to shoot inside today for fun. Here's what I found on the basement windowsill with my Canon MP-E65. I don't know who the egg sac belongs to. Comments for improvement welcomed.Dead Fly
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Dead Stink Bug?
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Egg Sac
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Same Egg Sac, Different Angle
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Pholcus phalangioides?
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Nov 8, 2019 04:14:36 #
Great detail and lighting. It would be interesting to find out who that egg sack belongs to. What lens were you using? Mahalo for sharing.
Nov 8, 2019 08:06:46 #
Pysanka Artist wrote:
Now that we have had our first day of snow, I decided to shoot inside today for fun. Here's what I found on the basement windowsill with my Canon MP-E65. I don't know who the egg sac belongs to. Comments for improvement welcomed.
I decided to shoot inside today for fun. Here's what I found on the basement windowsill with my Canon MP-E65. I don't know who the egg sac belongs to. Comments for improvement welcomed.Leaps and bounds. A short learning curve.
The stink bug is a Marmorated Stink Bug. An invasive pest. Harms fruit on trees and more.
The egg sack. Compair webbing in which you found it to webs built by spiders in the family Pholcidae.
I believe that it will be similar to the web woven by Pholcus.
The other option would be Theridiidae, but their egg case is more papery, and a brownish hue.
Since you found the Pholcus in the vicinity, I think that is your egg sack ID.
Bill
Look closely, you may be able to see the spiderlings darken before they leave the sack.
Nov 8, 2019 08:25:16 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Great detail and lighting. It would be interesting to find out who that egg sack belongs to. What lens were you using? Mahalo for sharing.
Thank you! I used the Canon MP-E65. I'll see if I can get a photo of the owner of the egg sac today.
Nov 8, 2019 08:26:33 #
newtoyou wrote:
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Thanks Bill. I hope to see the spiderlings!
Nov 8, 2019 10:27:51 #
Nov 8, 2019 10:47:44 #
tinusbum wrote:
nice shots,your doing really good with your mpe-65
Thanks! Getting there!
Nov 8, 2019 10:55:46 #
Good shots and wonderful indoor finds. I spend a lot of my winter days searching the dark corners of the house too. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is one of my favorite and highly abundant specimens in our area. If you ever get a chance to look at the spots in high magnification you will see that they are are actually tiny "balloons" coming out of a depression in their skin.
Nov 8, 2019 12:13:06 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
Good shots and wonderful indoor finds. I spend a lot of my winter days searching the dark corners of the house too. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is one of my favorite and highly abundant specimens in our area. If you ever get a chance to look at the spots in high magnification you will see that they are are actually tiny "balloons" coming out of a depression in their skin.
Thanks -- I'll have to check out those balloons!
Nov 8, 2019 13:47:08 #
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Nov 9, 2019 18:11:37 #
I'm guessing they have already hatched, the white blobs inside are the egg sacks left after hatching
Nov 9, 2019 18:36:35 #
napabob wrote:
I'm guessing they have already hatched, the white blobs inside are the egg sacks left after hatching
Darn.
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