Spider eggs may be mistaken for candy colors

The spider eggs in the photo were shared on Twitter (June 26) with colorful colors like candy.

But do not try to eat these candies because they contain very strong toxicity - according to a study published in the Journal of Arachnology, a spider magazine.

In the photo, two glass bottles of eggs contain two Australian Australian spiders. While the blue vial contains the eggs of Holconia's predatory spider , the dark yellow vial leaves Cyrtophora eggs - or red-backed spiders . At first glance, the appearance of these semi-transparent eggs looks just like delicious candies, although warnings of their severe toxicity have spread earlier on Tweeter and reported by Live Science.

Glass tubes containing spider eggs.(Photo: Issac Tucker).

What makes the photo the most attention is because people rarely see spider eggs - Glenn King, the scientist who posted the picture - said. King is currently a researcher at the University of Queensland's "Insects and Drugs" laboratory, which analyzes spider venom and their potential to treat diseases related to neurological disorders.

The tiny, fragile eggs are hidden by spiders on a translucent web. Therefore, although they are colorful, it is difficult to find - King wrote on the tweet.

Scientists working at King's lab recently collected colorful spider eggs around the dormitory area of ​​the University of Queensland. Besides blue and yellow, there are orange eggs produced by arachnids Argiopegenus and purple coal produced by Zosis or goiter spider - Isaac Tucker, a graduate student in Queensland.

'We observed spider eggs with enough colors like a rainbow , ' Tucker said. However, because the Earth has 100,000 species of spiders, the scientific community cannot observe it all to conclude how many species spawn, Tucker added.

It is still not possible to explain why spider eggs are colored, but this may provide some clues to understanding other animals - also spawn colors.'For chickens, the color of the egg changes because of the difference between the chemical components (including their color) that make up the egg, which is true for most species and spiders are no exception' - Tucker wrote in the email. 'But until more research is done, we have not been able to draw any conclusions , ' said Tucker.