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Discussion

YumiCallaway wrote:
27 Mar 2025
Interesting to see it dancing around on a slug - I wonder what it was there for!
Lampona sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
5 Mar 2025
Stephanopis monulfi?
Stephanopis sp. (genus)
NateKingsford wrote:
4 Mar 2025
Definitely a spider egg sac. A female wasps would've used it's ovipositor to lay eggs inside the sac without interfering with the integrity with the structure, allowing the wasp eggs to hatch and eat the spider eggs
Tamopsis sp. (genus)
AlisonMilton wrote:
4 Mar 2025
@DiBickers Hi Di, I don't think this is a spider. I have collected and hatched these before and they were parasitic wasps.
Tamopsis sp. (genus)
NateKingsford wrote:
3 Mar 2025
These are the egg sacs of the magnificent bolas spider
Ordgarius magnificus

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Tamopsis sp. (genus) at Higgins, ACT

Tamopsis eucalypti at Higgins, ACT

Australomimetus sp. (genus) at Parkes, ACT

Australomimetus sp. (genus) at Barton, ACT

Nyssus coloripes at Higgins, ACT

Nyssus coloripes at Higgins, ACT

Thomisidae (family)

Australomimetus sp. (genus) at Parkes, ACT

Tamopsis eucalypti at Belconnen, ACT

Tamopsis eucalypti at Belconnen, ACT

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