Mr. Egg - _TNY_0186
The common candy-striped spider (Enoplognatha ovata) is called that way because the female has a longitudal pink stripe on a white and oval abdomen.
This one is a male, shot here on the white wallpaper in my bedroom where I found it and just looking at him, it is a bit hard to understand the name.
In Swedish, this is an äggspindel - an egg spider - named for that white and oval abdomen. The scientific name "ovata" literally means "oval", but the connection to "ovulate" and "ovary" points to the egg association there as well.
Shots of the spider after I had let it out here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52402577568/
and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52412449862/
I also snapped a shot of it next to my finger as a size reference here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52610458011/
A shot of a female showing part of that candy-stripe here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/39083449845/
Mr. Egg - _TNY_0186
The common candy-striped spider (Enoplognatha ovata) is called that way because the female has a longitudal pink stripe on a white and oval abdomen.
This one is a male, shot here on the white wallpaper in my bedroom where I found it and just looking at him, it is a bit hard to understand the name.
In Swedish, this is an äggspindel - an egg spider - named for that white and oval abdomen. The scientific name "ovata" literally means "oval", but the connection to "ovulate" and "ovary" points to the egg association there as well.
Shots of the spider after I had let it out here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52402577568/
and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52412449862/
I also snapped a shot of it next to my finger as a size reference here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52610458011/
A shot of a female showing part of that candy-stripe here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/39083449845/