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Post by gwarslave119 on Jul 6, 2021 3:09:13 GMT -8
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jul 6, 2021 6:05:58 GMT -8
Location is in Houston, TX I happened to look down yesterday where i smoke on my doorstep and saw something spinning, so I started recording a video and zoomed in. The edited/shortened video I uploaded to youtube, it might be easier to identify them if you watch that since because of how small they are (the spider looks like maybe the size of a grain of sand), the digital zoom wasn't always clear. I'm also curious to know if that spider was wrapping something up to eat or if it was an egg sac of some sort? And watch for the ninja move he does around 0:50 ha. Here's a few screen caps from the video, the overview picture gives u an idea of their size... That's the caterpillar of a kind of case-bearing moth. They build these protective coverings by using silk to weave together bits of material (leaves, twigs, animal hair, sand, etc.) that they pick up from their surroundings. The species in your photo appears to be the Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Tinea pellionella) - butterfly-conservation.org/moths/case-bearing-clothes-mothen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinea_pellionellaI've found several of these around my house over the past couple of weeks. It's the first time I can recall ever having seen them, although, they're a very common species. Yes - the spider is wrapping up something that it's captured.
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