Wasp spider makes an egg sac

My wife has a couple of female wasp spiders (Argiope bruennichi) in captivity and one of them has made an egg sac. It's an impressive-looking thing which seems to have been made from a combination of silk and chewed material. The other female ate her mate so may well be heading towards doing the same thing: I'll be keeping an eye on her in case I can get shots of the building process.

First shows the sac and the spider responsible.

That's pretty incredible. Creepy, but a cool shot.

Really cool . Got any shots of the spiders?

Very cool shots! So your wife is a bit of a spider hugger ?

orionmystery wrote in post #10707383
Really cool . Got any shots of the spiders?

Thanks! Here's a shot of a large female.

realjax wrote in post #10707434
Very cool shots! So your wife is a bit of a spider hugger ?

Cheers! Yes she is - she has a collection of about 30 tarantulas, originally as a way of combating her fear of spiders! This shot of "Myrtle", her Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula, was used this year by the British Tarantula Society for their 25th Anniversary T-shirt.

Brilliant pics - fascinating egg sac too.

Thats a fabulous photo of Myrtle.

Linda

Great shots, very neat. Nice t-shirt

excellent, I really like the shot of the sac!

Nice Brachypelma smithi as well

great series!

Wonderful series. what an amazing construction the egg sac is
Brian v.