In the midst of the Hive price fall, a great sign of abundance appeared.
A happy Friday to all and I also have a great video for you in here.
"Arachne" our Rainspider's babies crawled out of the nest. Of course mom was in attendance and it was wonderful to watch this miracle in nature.
Our little dog Troy was barking to tell us he wanted to go and pee and Marian took him outside. She glanced up at the rain spider's nest and breathlessly rushed inside to tell me to come with my camera. The babies were hatching. I rushed outside with her and here you can see the result.
Come and see.
Originally, mommy was sitting at the top right on a pipe watching the nest.
This video will show you what I am trying to show you.
The bigger the spider, the more times the spiderlings need to go through the instar stages (shedding exoskeletons). These are going to be big spiders, so they need to shed more exoskeletons first in order to be properly mature and ready to leave the nest.
The next evening.
Here below on the next evening all of the babies have not emerged yet, and the mom sat waiting. You can see all the little white exoskeletons of the babies that emerged previously.
At the end of each evening, it is back into the nest for the little spiderlings, with mommy spinning them closed and their staying in the "nursery" till they will emerge again and shed another exoskeleton.
We wait and watch.
Mommy aggressively protects the nest. A rainspider lives for 2 years, and in that time has 3 nests.
We also keep a watch for the mommy, as there are wasps around that try to get her.
We chased one wasp with a fly swatter the other day, as they try to get to the mommy to paralyze her and then have their own babies feed on her. So we chase them when they come. As soon as daylight appears, the mommy disappears, as they are nocturnal spiders and only come out at night. Rainspiders also don't like rain and they tend to rush inside whenever the signs of rain appear. They are not venomous, but the mom will bite when she is nesting. The bite is similar to a bee sting.
So we had some fun and I hope that you have enjoyed the story, the pictures, and the video.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
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