Cyclosa octotuberculata weaving her egg sac(37.8MB, 00:09:21)Shot Date: 2006/07/13 Shot Location: Kokubunji, Tokyo (laboratory) | ||
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Animalia >Arthropoda >Arachnida >Araneomorphae >Araneidae >Cyclosa >
Cyclosa octotuberculata hangs debris stabilimentum on its vertical orb-web. Debris stabilimenum comprises prey remnants or its own exoskeletons from molting. Female spider firstly spins silks to weave sheets-like structure on which she will lay her eggs. After oviposition, the spider cover her eggs with silks. Completed egg sac is camouflaged by debris from debris stabilimentum. In this movie, it took about two hours from the start to the end.
(Data No.momo060728co01b)
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