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Cribellate Orb Weaver

Unidentified Uloboridae

Photo by John B.
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Description:

Apologies for the very poor pictures. As soon as I spotted these spiders, I knew that they were too small for my camera and my limited photographic skills, but I felt that what I saw might be of some interest. The first and second pictures show one specimen and the third and fourth show another. Both spiders appear to be Unidentified Uloboridae and because they are so very tiny, I assume that they are not yet full grown adults. This kind of spider seems to be fairly common in our area and I have seen them many times. I am always struck by the untidy, formless mass of silk which is usually strewn around their habitat. The first time I saw this, I was convinced that it was the remnants of a destroyed web, but that was probably wrong. The main reason for my interest in these two spiders is that in each picture there is a small brown almost spherical mass. Could these be egg sacs? My first thoughts were that it seemed unlikely that there would be an egg sac on a web with a nymph, but in Wikipedia's article on Uloboridae, the section on Social Behaviour leads me to think that this could be the beginnings of a new colony. Apparently, apparently some species develop colonies which can be run by Adults or Nymphs (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uloboridae... ) I think these Uloborids are fascinating and I would like to know more about them. If anyone can direct me to a good source of information, I would be very grateful. My previous spottings of Uloborids are listed in Notes. Some of those photos are a little better because the spiders are bigger.

Habitat:

These Cribellate Orb Weavers were spotted in the rice mill backyard on adjacent leaves of an old banana plant.

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