Strange fruit...

Hello all. I was nipping out to the shop this morning when I spotted this out of the corner of my eye on the bamboo in my front garden. I had no idea what it was although it looked like a berry or something...




of course on closer inspection it became clear what it was, although I had never seen this before:




Garden spider hatchlings!




Apparently the hatchlings stay together like this for a few days before heading off on their own.

Probably not the greatest pics artistically but I thought some here might be interested to see. Don't look too long or you'll start to itch (they have that effect on me:shock

Regards

I have seen this before, and found it quite fascinating that you can disturb them slightly and then they all return to being close together. Good shots.

Excellent ! - Very interesting shot. I'd be back there for a few more !

Very interesting, colourful and well captured. But this reminds me of a particularly nasty scene from The Mist...

Well spotted. I think most newly hatched spiders start life in a huddle like this and they are called . . . spiderlings, fairly obviously derived from spider hatchlings.

Good stuff Mat, I like it ... but you probably already knew that.