Mother Spider’s Tragic Fate Leaves Babies in a Deadly Situation
inidevan com It’s not every day you see a spider story with a twist, but this one takes an unexpected and heartbreaking turn. A mother spider is attacked by another spider, and during the chaos, her babies burst out of her back and try to escape. Unfortunately for them, they’re all stuck in a container together, leading to a sad ending where all the babies don’t survive.
The video was filmed by YouTuber Mathew Duncan earlier this month, showing a fierce battle between a mother wolf spider and an unknown rival. When the mother wolf spider is attacked inside a container, the 20 or so babies that were on her back start to flee for safety as she’s taken down. But the story doesn’t have a happy ending for the babies, as Duncan explained to Jonathan Kearney at The Mirror:
“I had caught both spiders in my house… Had no idea one had tonnes of babies on its back. So I’m glad I caught it and fed it to the other one before I had 20-30 spiders disperse within my home. I wish I had also filmed the spider munching all the babies too.”
When a female wolf spider lays her eggs, she creates a silken egg sac to keep them safe and carries it around on her back. This large sac is attached to her body using strong silk threads produced by the spinneret located at the end of her abdomen. Once the eggs hatch, the babies stay on their mother’s back until they’re ready to live on their own. This kind of parental care is pretty rare among spiders.
