A creepy photo that looks like it features a crash-landed alien or monster from the deep that washed ashore is actually just shows a spider that’s carrying her young.
A creepy photo that looks like it features a crash-landed alien or monster from the deep that washed ashore is actually just shows a spider that's carrying her young.
Https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158428580755775&set=a.419357095774 Megan Seymour/USFWS The image was shared via Facebook on Monday by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Http://production.geobeats.com/admin/stock_footages/18046 It reports that the dozens of orange dots on the new mom's back are "newly hatched wolf spider babies." https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158428580755775&set=a.419357095774 Megan Seymour/USFWS (transition The service also notes, "Wolf spider eggs are wrapped in silk and carried under their mother.
Once the eggs hatch, baby spiders hitch a ride on her back, where they stay until they get big." https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158428580755775&set=a.419357095774 (th Megan Seymour/USFWS