Fisher spider with egg sack

paddler4

paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins

August 28, 2012 edited August 30, 2012 in Holy Macro

Found this fisher spider on the dock. They are large--body maybe 1.5 cm, total length with legs perhaps 4 cm. The long legs allow it to raise itself up to haul this very large egg sack, which was probably close to 1 cm in diameter.

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

August 29, 2012 edited August 29, 2012

Interesting find and shots
Brian v.

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DeVil Registered Users Posts: 1,037 Major grins

August 29, 2012 edited August 29, 2012

Agree with Brian

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paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins

August 29, 2012 edited August 29, 2012

Thanks

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GOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator

August 30, 2012 edited August 30, 2012

wonderful shots , huge egg sac!

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