Tiny Spider (Part 3)
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Field Notes
Description:
4 April13 - My tiny spider friend captured another moth in her web tonight. (Pictures 1 & 2). She sits right on her eggs all the time to keep them safe, since they are exposed to everything around her. Hopefully I can catch a shot of her babies when they hatch.
9April13 - She is still guarding her eggs (Picture 3).
12April13 - She is still guarding her eggs (Picture 4).
13April13 - The mother spider has disappeared. I don't know if she just left or was eaten. When disturbed, she runs off to different part of the web to distract a potential predator away from her eggs. Maybe she was captured (Picture 5).
21Abril13 - The eggs are hatching. I photographed the eggs to check up on them and also captured a new baby without realizing it. The hatchling looks very much like the mother, but is about half a millimeter in size (Picture 6).
Habitat:
Garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Notes:
Tiny Spider (Part 1): http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19508118/fullscreen
Tiny Spider (Part 2): http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20428087/fullscreen
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