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Wednesday 13 September 2017
Bathroom drama
These eggs were laid a few days ago, I think the spider is Tegenaria
domestica (a small Teg)?? The spider has been identified for me as Zygiella x-notata (the English name is odd, Missing Sector Orb-web spider). The female hung around the eggs for a day or
so and then disappeared up the wall and away. This evening I noticed
something was taking an interest in the eggs. It looked to me as if the
ovipositor was probing the nest. If I'm correct this is an interesting
relationship, the adult would find the wasp a prey sized item, however,
the parasite may well be gaining the upper hand! I'm hoping that
identifying the spider correctly might lead to identifying the wasp? Any
ideas on the spider ID very welcome - thanks to LJ for ID.
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2 comments:
Lovely little shots there, I bet loads of folk would mis-ID that for a False Widow!
Well, I mid-identified it to start with Simon, local spider person put me right.
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