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Meta menardi Female Meta menardi spider guarding her egg sac in the ceiling of a cave. (Found: Lummelunda Gotland Sweden. Aug 2004 ) Meta menardi egg sac in the ceiling of a cave. (Found: Lummelunda Gotland Sweden. July 2010 )

Facts: Family: Tetragnathidae Scientific name: Meta menardi Common name: European cave spider The European cave spider, Meta menardi, is often found in caves, cellars and other dark, moist places. The spider guards its large, white egg sac, filled with hundreds of yellowish eggs.

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