Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cocoon

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 03-08-2011 07:10
#1
Hello,
is there any idea which insect or spider builds such cocoons? The bottom diameter was about 8mm. From the cocoon hatched 7 Gelis discedens (det. M. Schwarz).
Thanks, Marion
Photo from 7th July 2011, Germany, Saxony

Posted by HDumas on 03-08-2011 15:56
#2
On which plant was the cocoon? Near a pond?
It looks like a cocoon of Tetragnatha sp to me, but I'm not a specialist at all.

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 03-08-2011 17:40
#3
Thank you for answer.
Yes, I found the cocoon in a wet region with small ponds. It was fixed on reed. Tetragnatha`s are also present there.
Marion