Gray House Spider
Badumna longiqua
Araneae: Desidae
Female, identified by Jeff Hollenbeck. Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 11-28-08.
Exotic species, native to Australia.
Photos copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Originals available from Biological Photo Service.
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With egg sac
Eyes
Epigynum
Spinnerets
Spinnerets (producing a single silk thread) and Cribellum (horizontal plate anterior to spinnerets)
Spinnerets and Cribellum (producing a mass of very fine silk threads)