Kauai Cave wolf spider with spiderlings

Photo By/Credit

Smith, Gordon/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
11/23/2005
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
These are the first known photographs of the Kauai no-eyed spider with young. The spiderlings appear to have just hatched and the abandoned egg case is in the foreground. The baby spiders have climbed on to the parent spider's back. This behavior is demonstrated in other species of wolf spider.
Subject tags
Insects
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Caves