December 26th, 2022 at 1:11PM

crevicedwelling:

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about this time last year Marina had a clutch of eggs! in that picture she had just secreted the membranous sac where mother amblypygi brood their eggs

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five months later the eggs hatched into protonymphs, still too soft and feeble to walk on their own. two weeks more and they molted to independent juveniles, able to leave her back and hunt for their first meals.

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Marina seems fairly young, so I hope she will live to have many more broods. her 20 children are all healthy and growing quickly, and they’ll also be important for breeding more of these beautiful arachnids in the future!

(Phrynus whitei eggs, protonymphs, and 1st instar juveniles)

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