Female Green Lynx Spider With Egg Sac — Image by kenne
The female constructs one to five 2-centimeter (0.8 in) egg sacs in September and October, each containing 25 to 600 bright orange eggs, which she guards, usually hanging upside down from a sac and attacking everything that comes near. Remarkably, one of her means of defense is to squirt (spit) venom from her chelicerae, sometimes for a distance of about a foot (300 mm). The eggs hatch after about two weeks, and after another two weeks fully functional spiderlings emerge from the sac. They pass through eight instars to reach maturity. — Source: Wikipedia
Thank you, Kenne, for the wonderful photo and description of one of nature’s wonders. I had seen my garden spiders doing the same, and the young spiders are beautiful.
Joanna
Thank you, Kenne, for your wonderful photo and description of one wonder of nature. I had seen my garden spiders doing the same, and young spiders are beautiful.
Joanna
Apologies, Kenne, for writing my comment twice thinking that I lost the first one!
Joanna
Perfect makro!