How a mystery spider’s candyfloss-like egg sac in Singapore spun a worldwide web of connections
A tiny blob on a plant captured the attention of Singaporean freelance photographer Nicky Bay in January – and mystified him.
From a distance, the 2cm-long pouch looked like the usual structure that spiders weave to shield their young from larger predators. But the silken sac resembled candyfloss, the likes of which Mr Bay, an arachnid aficionado, had never seen before.
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