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04-JUN-2012 Lejun

Nursery Web Spider with Eggsac

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf

Pisaurina mira
Female with eggsac.
After laying her eggs, the female wraps them into a silk eggsac.
She carries the eggsac in her chelicerae (mouthparts) until the eggs hatch.
At hatch, the female makes a "nursery" in which the eggs hatch.
The nursery consists of a few leaves woven together with silk.
This forms a protective pocket into which the eggsac is placed.
Information courtesy: University of Kentucky Entomology,
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/spiders/fishing/pisaurid.htm

Nikon COOLPIX S8200
1/80s f/3.8 at 7.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time04-Jun-2012 18:33:18
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ModelCOOLPIX S8200
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length7 mm
Exposure Time1/77 sec
Aperturef/3.8
ISO Equivalent100
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