Hawaiian Insects

Araneid spider egg clusters from Camp Sloggett, Kokee. These were collected in order to try and rear Scaptomyza (Titanochaeta) flies from them. The larvae of these endemic Hawaiian drosophilids have switched from feeding on decaying plant material to spider eggs.

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Sunday 27 July 2014

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Sunday 24 January 2016

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Arachnida, Araneae, Araneidae, Diptera, Drosophilidae, Hawaiian native arthropods, Kauai, Kokee, Kokee SP, Scaptomyza, Titanochaeta

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