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p.1 #1 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Mommy spitting spider sharing her moth prey with her precious bunch of spiderlings. I have never seen anything like this. I thought spiderlings normally subsist on yolk until after the first molt?

Mommy and spiderlings sharing moth prey for supper.

A crop of the above:

There were two parasitoid wasps(?) on the eggs.

Jan 16, 2012 at 09:12 AM

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p.1 #2 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Wow, fascinating stuff Kurt! Amazing body shape shown in the last shot. Really like the second shot on black too.

Jan 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM

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p.1 #3 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Very nice. Funny how it looks slightly different than the ones I've seen here. Have never seen one feeding prey like that. Those spiderlings are pretty darned big compared to Mommy. I would have thought that they would have already left home in search of their own kills. That watermark is relatively new, right? Copyright concerns?

Jan 16, 2012 at 01:16 PM

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p.1 #4 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Thanks for the comments, Anthony, Terrence.

Terrence, the watermark is not new, i have it on all my facebook uploads..but decided to include it for flickr upload as well from now on.

Jan 16, 2012 at 01:45 PM

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p.1 #5 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

v.nice esp like the last

Jan 16, 2012 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #6 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Thanks, Michael.

Jan 16, 2012 at 04:54 PM

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p.1 #7 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Like the last frame, as well. Gorgeous looking spider, Kurt.

Jan 16, 2012 at 08:39 PM

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p.1 #8 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Nice set Kurt!

Jan 17, 2012 at 02:12 AM

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p.1 #9 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Marvelous captures Kurt and such interesting capture of behavior. Bravo

Birdie

Jan 17, 2012 at 03:31 AM

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p.1 #10 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Thanks for the comments, Ken, Kenny, Birdie

Jan 17, 2012 at 04:28 AM

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p.1 #11 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Wonderful captures and interesting behaviour
Brian v.

Jan 17, 2012 at 06:21 AM

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p.1 #12 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

very nice Kurt .. #3 and #5 for me

Jan 17, 2012 at 09:14 AM

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p.1 #13 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Nice series. Pity about the watermark. If someone with a little knowhow wants it off it's not that difficult I believe, so you are only aiming at the casual abuser? Or what's the logic to something so many frown on, and argue the effectiveness of?

From what little I know anything uploaded to facebook all but belongs to them, flickr has always been a scavengers feeding place.

Why now? Recent issues or just a change of mind?

Mark

Jan 18, 2012 at 12:45 AM

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p.1 #14 · Spitting spider sharing prey with spiderlings!

Thanks for looking and commenting, Brian, kmunroe. Mark.

Mark - all my facebook uploads are watermarked, and only recently, i started watermarking my flickr upload as well.

Jan 18, 2012 at 03:16 AM

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