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Smallholding => Wildlife => Topic started by: zwartbles on May 10, 2017, 12:32:27 pm

Title: Baby spiders
Post by: zwartbles on May 10, 2017, 12:32:27 pm

Pin-head size baby spiders basking in the sun after the frost had cleared (6am). What do they find to eat when they are this small?

Title: Re: Baby spiders
Post by: harmony on May 10, 2017, 02:30:04 pm

I don't think they need to eat for quite a while. They live off whats left in their stomachs from when they were in the egg sac. I think they moult and after that they look for food.

Title: Re: Baby spiders
Post by: Fleecewife on May 10, 2017, 08:45:08 pm

Nice pic Zwartbles.  While still tiny, they will spin their gossamer threads and float away on the breeze.