Showing posts with label nursery web spider. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nursery web spider. Show all posts
Monday, June 25, 2012
Looks like our spider mama has her eggs now! Too bad for her, we don't want her or her spiderlings around our beetles and larvae. So off into the woods she goes.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Nursery web spiders can appear to be pretty horrifying if you don't like spiders. They're quick, agile, and can even walk on and dive under calm water. And they're big.
Fortunately, they're of little threat to humans and will not bite unless provoked and aggravated. They get their name from the female's behavior of carrying her egg mass in her jaw and building a web tent in which the eggs can hatch. She evens stays around until the last spiderling has hatched. How sweet!
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