Female Pholcus sp. spider on the underside of a rock, carrying her eggs in her chelicerae. The eggs are bound together by a few strands of silk, formi

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Female Pholcus sp. spider on the underside of a rock, carrying her eggs in her chelicerae. The eggs are bound together by a few strands of silk, forming a primitive type of egg sac. The female will carry the eggs for many days, protecting them until the young spiderlings hatch.

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Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, arachnida, egg, invertebrates, nature, pholcus, sac, sp., spider, wildlife, zoology