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spgfr Delmar, MD Aug 18, 2015

This one is no longer than a mm or so and was being blown around in the wind. If the pictures aren't good enough for an Id, maybe I can try again when the wind has calmed down. What is the dark bulbous structure? Egg sac?

Thanks...

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spgfr Delmar, MD Aug 18, 2015

Pictures failed to post earlier - sorry.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 18, 2015

Might be a juvenile of an orb weaving spider; I hesitate to get more specific from these images. I have no idea what the dark 'blob' may be, other than it would not be an egg sac. Small spiders like this often 'ride the wind' (ballooning) to disperse to new areas; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_%28spider%29

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