(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)
Each egg sac contains spiders at different stages of development, from eggs to recently emerged young spiders to older spiders which stay inside the sealed egg compartment until large enough to disperse.
Photograph © Simon van Noort
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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