A Ball of Joy, Pt. 2 - _TNY_4897

Unlike wolf spiders who carry their egg sac in their spinnerets, nursery web spiders (Pisauridae) like this soon-to-be-mother Pisaura mirabilis use their mouthparts instead.

 

Soon she will build herself a nursery web and defend her young ones when they hatch.

 

Pt. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/41347000850/

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