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Massive Huntsman spider making egg sac (extreme closeup)

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This is as close as you will ever get to Huntsman spider while she's constructing her egg sac. You can see her spinnerets as they exude the specially toughened silk that's required to keep around 200 eggs safe from predation for several weeks, before the young spiders hatch. To make doubly sure, she will fiercely guard the egg sac 24/7 over that time, not even leaving it to find food.
This is an Australian species, Holconia montana, common name 'bark huntsman'.
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