Pirate Spiders - Mimetidae

    Family - Mimetidae
    12 genera, 152 species

    Unusual Egg Sac.
    I think this is the work of a Pirate Spider (Genus - Ero ?)
    "..it could be Ero aphana, but I don't know how distinctive this is
    in relation to other species". - Peter Harvey BAS
    This Species preys on other Spiders by invading their webs.
    Extra Mural Cemetery
    Brighton
    12.12.2011

    Second Egg Sac on the same Tomb
    Extra Mural Cemetery
    Brighton
    13.12.2011

    Third Egg Sac
    This one was under a Stone Urn, next to another Spider's Web.
    Extra Mural Cemetery
    Brighton, East Sussex
    17.11.2011