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Observations in the wild Four females were observed in the tree canopy in Trésor Regional Nature Reserve, two of which were guarding an egg case called an ootheca.—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 Spiders produce many types of silk, each adapted for a particular purpose, such as anchoring webs, egg cases, trapping fibers, and prey immobilization.—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Perhaps their most striking difference is their egg cases, or the silk bag female spiders wrap their eggs in.—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024 For a moment last year, those promises no longer seemed to hold up: The egg case at my local supermarket in New York City was stripped bare.—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for egg case
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