Lockdown Garden Wildlife - Day 82
Date: 13 June 2020
Location: Garden, Neath, South WalesWeather: Quite warm but cloudy
Who would have thought there were wolves in my garden? Well the Wolf Spider! There are lots of them out at the moment basking in the sun and most of them are carrying egg sacs. They are agile hunters with excellent eyesight and mostly live in solitude and hunt alone.
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| Wolf spiders carrying their egg sacks |
Wolf spiders are unique in the way they carry their eggs in a sac at the end of their abdomen. Once the spiderlings emerge they clamber up their mother's leg and crowd together on her. They are carried around for several weeks before they are large enough to disperse and fend for themselves. No other spiders are currently know to carry their young on their backs.
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| (Above and below) Wolf spider with spiderlings |
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