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A Spider at Breakfast

The underside of a spinach leaf makes a fine place for a spider to guard her egg sac, right up until the leaf arrives on the kitchen cutting board just before breakfast:

Spider guarding egg sac
Spider guarding egg sac

We deported her (and her incipient family) to the flower garden just outside, wished her well, and continued with breakfast.

Comments

4 responses to “A Spider at Breakfast”

  1. Daniel B. Martin Avatar
    Daniel B. Martin

    Ya done good!

  2. Keith Ward Avatar
    Keith Ward

    Looks like a pisarina mura or nursery web spider

    1. Keith Ward Avatar
      Keith Ward

      Auto correct wrong again that was intended to be pisaurina mira

      1. Ed Avatar

        Thanks for the ID! It’s always good to have a name for things found around the house … [grin]