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Rui Andrade
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Posted on 10-03-2008 19:00
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This kind of eggs are very common in Barcelos but I didn't manage to identify them yet.

date: 09/03/2008

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Size?
 
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Maybe 4-5 mm of diametre I think
 
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spider eggcase. Or Ero sp. (Mimetidae)
or Cyrtophora (it has some resemblance... Araneidae) but I would go more for Ero sp.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 10-03-2008 19:23
 
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Thank you Jorge, I will put the photo on aranhas.infoSmile
 
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jorgemotalmeida wrote:
spider eggcase. Or Ero sp. (Mimetidae)
or Cyrtophora (it has some resemblance... Araneidae) but I would go more for Ero sp.


Ero for sure. They live in and around our garden shed and make cocoons exactly like this:
http://insektenfo...eadid=4538

http://insektenfo...eadid=4031
http://insektenfo...eadid=5600
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see this one photo I took with a beautiful Ero male.

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Thank you all for your helpWink
 
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