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Feather legged spider with egg sac

Uloborus plumipes

Description:

This is a tiny spider (±3mm) end to end without the egg sac. The egg sac looks almost like a piece of dried leaf.

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4 Comments

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

Thanks

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Uloborus not Uluborus?

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

The other name is a Nursery spider since it is mostly found in nurseries which contributes to the spread of these all over.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

This is amazing! Never seen one here in the Cape.

Johan Heyns
Spotted by
Johan Heyns

Lesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on May 24, 2012
Submitted on May 24, 2012

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