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Parapalystes sp.
Rain spider nest spotted and photographed over three days. Last photo of a slightly bigger one enjoying the easy meals available.
Spotted on Dec 19, 2012
Submitted on Dec 19, 2012
9 Comments
wow, great series
It is a ready source of food and spiders are known for their cannibalism. The photos are of the same nest over a period of about 5 days.
This is an incredible spotting! In the photo #3, was the slightly bigger one (I'm assuming it emerged from the same nest) eating the babies?!?!? Is it common for them to eat their own kinds? Just curious. :-)
Pragtig!!! Ek gaan dop hou of daar een in ons tuin versteek is! Dankie Johan!
A nest like that can contain up to 9000 eggs.
How many are there????
Interesting!
Thanks!
Picture 2 and 3 gives you a much better view of the egg sack with all the little spiders. Very nice capture!