Egg capsule architecture and siting in a leaf-curling sac spider, Clubiona riparia (Araneae: Clubionidae)

HowMicrathena duodecimspinosa(Araneae: Araneidae) uses the elasticity of her dragline to hide her egg sac

“…Spiders' defenses against these dangers include physical protection by covering the eggs with silk (e.g., Gheysens et al 2005) or with other materials such as leaves or soil (Austin 1985;Moya et al 2010;Suter et al 2011). This note describes a hitherto undescribed technique that the araneid Micrathena duodecimspinosa (O. P. Cambridge, 1890), used to insert a package containing her eggs into the leaf litter on the forest floor, and that resembles the behavior of the congeneric Micrathena sp.…”