Female Wolf spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with egg cocoon held beneath the abdomen. The mother travels around with this until the spiderlings are ready t

---

Female Wolf spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with egg cocoon held beneath the abdomen. The mother travels around with this until the spiderlings are ready to emerge and then she spins a web into which they hatch.

---

Size: 3425px × 5157px
Photo credit: © PAUL HARCOURT DAVIES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: animals, close, close-, cocoon, egg, eggs, fauna, female, insecta, insects, invertebrates, mirabilis, mother, nature, parent, pisaura, protecting, protection, sac, single, spider, spiders, wildlife, wolf, zoological, zoology