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Egg Sac (Golden Orb weaving spider - Nephila sp.)

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Description:

These are also on the trees...

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Golden silk orb-weaver

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Comments (10)
Christiane
@ Ava T-B.. Thanks and I have added the photo..
Ava T-B
Christiane please consider adding this to the animal architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
Christiane
Hola mariajo... vamos a ver lo bueno que mi español es? Gracias por la información y los enlaces de Internet. En realidad, era una bola nido de araña .. 2 semanas después de esta foto fue tomada vi las pequeñas arañas ...
mariajo
Hola Christiane, yo diría que es una agalla. Te pongo varias páginas para que lo compruebes: http://tubiologia.foroactivo.net/t1629-andricus-quercusramuli http://bugguide.net/node/view/145082/bgimage http://entomologia.rediris.es/aracnet/8/agallas/#clasificacion
Christiane
Cool.. I have lots of them!! Love Spiders...
kwalker
Hi -- This an egg sac from the Golden Orb weaving spider - Nephila sp.
Christiane
I just opened one of this yellow balls.. it is full of eggs..
Christiane
I have absolutely no idea.. These are on a few of my trees.

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PublishedMay 16, 2011

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