Something in your web struggles, making your web bend and twist, and sending strong tugs on the line you touch. Slowly and cautiously, you crawl out from under the leaf. Balancing carefully, you move across your shaking web towards the struggling creature which will be your first dinner. You life as a spider has really begun. This is a story about one spider growing up.
Many spiders have similar stories.
The mother spider in this story left her egg sac in a safe spot. Other spiders carry their egg sacs with them. Some mother spiders allow their spiderlings to ride on their abdomen for the first few days. Some even feed their newly hatched children. Some spiderlings don't balloon to a new home, but set out on foot instead.