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mysterious fuzzballs,old furniture

5 years ago

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Today a friend helped me move an old chest from my studio. I've had it for more than 30 years. When we turned it upside down we saw something odd. about a dozen small fuzzballs all in one corner. I'm not sure but there might have been fuzzy dust that got attracted to EGGGGsss??????? John asked me if we had moths but he didn't seem to really know what we were looking at either. Sorry if this creeps you out. Me too. Any guesses?

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Olychick

5 years ago

could be spider egg sacs

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
5 years ago
yep, spider egg sacs!
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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You must include an image for an identification. It would be helpful to know your location (in general terms), too.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
5 years ago
Spider eggs
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DawnInCal
5 years ago
I'm thinking spider eggs as well.
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bleusblue2
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks everybody -- unfortunately i destroyed them before photographing. -- But YES it must be spider eggs. We never kill a spider here and so we occasionally see one about it's work, hanging in an odd place. I thought the fuzz was the result of years of dust. Is the dust part of the process?

I don't want to upset the spiderphobes I know but no guest has ever run into one as far as I know. I never thought about where spiders might lay eggs.

My location is north east.
User
5 years ago
Wolf spiders carry an egg sack full of baby spiders around with them until they all hatch out at one time. DH didn't know and squashed one once in the house, didn't notice an egg sack, all he saw was BIG spider. I guess it was just the right time where they were ready to hatch, little baby spiders went scurrying all over the place, skeezed him out to the max! After that he always put a glass over it and slipped a piece of paper underneath and put it outside. LOL!
patriciae_gw
5 years ago
Egg sacs come in all sizes and looks depending on the spider. They can be quite large and mistaken for butterfly cocoon. Ask how I know that. Or ask my brother. You would think filling his room with baby Praying mantis would cure him of bringing stray egg sacs into the house when we were kids.

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