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Index of Subjects Nancy, Lovely. -- Gerald On 7/27/14 19:45, nancy dowd wrote: > This Nursery Web Spider (Pisauridae- could be Pisaurina mira?) was fun to watch on successive mornings last week as it provisioned its young. > > The spider's nursery was nicely suspended on the side of the camp, as seen during the first morning: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14569376750/ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14756056325/ > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14569406869/ > > The next morning the spider brought a moth over to the nursery: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14775938873/ > > The following morning there were two items of prey stuck to the nursery: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14753714354/ > > I think those are some of the spiderlings along the top left of the nursery in this photo: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14755751442/ > > Mother spider was very protective of her young and appeared each time I came near the nursery ball, even during the day. > > Nancy > >
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