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Araneae (order) 23 Feb 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Gastropoda sp. (class) 24 Apr 2023 donhe
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE 24 Apr 2023 Hejor1

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1mm grid. Collected on 24 March. Hatched with the past 48 hours.

6 comments

donhe wrote:
   24 Apr 2023
No legs?
Michael123 wrote:
   24 Apr 2023
not a gastropod
Hejor1 wrote:
   24 Apr 2023
@MichaelMulvaney it was on a melaleuca and about 1.5m off the ground. The silk is olive green around the pillow transitioning to white on the outside. It was firmly attached to a small branch with a few silk tethers coming from it. The whole bundle was maybe 5cm protecting the 1cm pillow.

The hatchlings are so small my macro camera had trouble capturing them. They don’t look like they have legs and I can’t tell top from tail.
Hejor1 wrote:
   24 Apr 2023
@MichaelMulvaney see photo 5 for a better view of it in situ
   24 Apr 2023
Thanks heather - very beautiful but mysterious - will give it some thought
trevorpreston wrote:
   23 Feb 2024
So is this a spider egg sac? If so it probably should be edited and put under spiders.

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