Moment a tarantula releases an oozing egg sac is captured in rare video trends now
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The moment a female tarantula releases an oozing egg sac containing more than 1,700 Araneae offspring has been captured in rare footage.
A new video shows the incredible process that starts with the mother secreting the eggs inside a silk sac that incubates the spiderlings.
The female then gets to work covering the eggs in layers of webbing until she forms a ball of the netting, which she will fiercely guard for the next two months.
The tiny hatchling spiders will then emerge from the egg sac, produce silken threads picked up by the wind and be carried off to colonize habitats far from their birthplace.
The tarantula releases an oozing egg sac containing more than 1,700 Araneae offspring
The video shows that the adult tarantula had lined the area with silk, preparing to release her egg sac.
Once the sac is laid, the female rolls it up in webbing to protect it from predators - as these eggs are a tasty meal for centipedes, scorpions and other insects.
Some flies and wasps also lay their eggs in spider egg sacs, so their larva can feast on the eggs once they hatch.
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