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The spiders are oviparous, they lay their eggs in a cluster covered by one or several layers of silk threads forming a sac. The amount of eggs inside of the egg sac depends on the spider species and secondarily on the mother's diet. These sacs protect eggs from adverse environmental conditions and fungal attack; however, they are ineffective against some insects. Argiope argentata is a species of Araneidae that is distributed from the United States to Chile and Argentina, is relatively large and easily recognizable by its coloration, genitalia and characteristic shape of the abdomen. Despite being a species of wide distribution, there is no information about the insects that feed on their eggs. Ecological interactions of predation and parasitism between insects and egg sacs of the spider Argiope argentata (Araneae: Araneidae) collected in three locations in Panama are described. The endoparasitoid wasp Baeus sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and the predators Sarcophaga (Mehria) silbergliedi (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) and two species of Cryptinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), one of which belongs to the genus Lymeon sp. are reported for the first time on eggs of A. argentata. Additionally, three species of wasp of the genus Conura (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae): C. nigrifrons, C. amoena and C. abdominalis are reported as parasitoids of pupae of Cryptinae (Ichneumonidae).References
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