spiderlings

[brewmaster15]

I went out for a walk this morning on a trail . I was hoping for some wood frogs or birds to photo. It was a pretty disappointing trail. Not much going on....so after a few miles I turned around and headed home. I got within 2 min of the parking lot and saw a tree stump that looks shiny. Like covered in Ice. It wasn't Ice. It was nest of tiny little critters. I didn't have a tripod with me, but hand held FA 50 2.8 Macro.

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Didn't see the mother, so have no idea what kind of spiders these are. They were probably eggs over the winter that hatched. Kind of funny I walked past these and missed them, Hiked 3 miles depressed that there was nothing really spectacular to take pics of and stumbled on these at the beginning of the trail!




al

[Second Hand Pat]

Cool Al, is that a huge month on them?
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Yes Pat, thats their chelicera.. part of their mouth and where their fangs are.

These guys look like they will be pretty formidable as adults!
al

[Second Hand Pat]

They do like they would be formidable, perhaps best mom wasn't around.

[brewmaster15]

Reminded me of an old Xfiles episode where people were being attacked and eaten by a giant nest of spiderlings!

al

[Discus-n00b]

Nice! Great details! They almost resemble ants at first glance with their color.