Baby-sitting

A nursery spider mum stretches out her long limbs as she sunbathes on a leaf but she is not relinquishing her maternal responsibilities. Close by, her spiderlings are (relatively) safe within the  gossamer nest she has spun for them - see extra.

"Female spiders belonging to this family produce very large egg sacs, which they carry around beneath their body. When the time for the spiderlings to emerge approaches, the female deposits the egg sac on a leaf and spins a protective silk ‘nursery web’ around it. She then opens the egg sac slightly, and stands guard until the spiderlings emerge "