Rare video captures moment as tarantula releases oozing egg

Rare footage captures the moment a female tarantula releases an oozing egg containing over 1,700 Araneae babies.

A new video shows the incredible process, which begins with the mother secreting her eggs inside a silk sac in which the spiderlings are hatching.

The female then goes to work, covering the eggs in layers of web until she forms a ball of netting that she will guard fiercely for the next two months.

The tiny baby spiders will then hatch from the egg sac, produce silk threads blown by the wind, and be carried to habitats far from where they were born.

The tarantula releases an oozing egg containing over 1,700 Araneae offspring.

In the video, an adult tarantula can be seen lining the area with silk in preparation to release its egg sack.

After the sac is laid down, the female wraps it in a web to protect it from predators, as these eggs are delicious food for centipedes, scorpions, and other insects.

Some flies and wasps also lay their eggs in spider egg sacs so their larvae can feast on the eggs after hatching.

Tarantulas are hairy and usually large spiders that are most commonly found in the United States, Mexico, and tropical America.

The largest tarantula species in South America belong to the genus Theraphosa.

These creatures are almost three inches long and have even been known to take small avian prey.

Some, such as the goliath tarantula, inflict fatal bites with poisonous fangs.

Female tarantulas have a stockier body than males and are covered in light brown or brown hair.

The male is thinner and longer, with black hair covering most of the body and reddish hairs on the belly.

In 2018, another video surfaced showing a woman tearing an egg sack from his mother, cutting the surface with scissors, and releasing the spiders from the inside.

The spider gets to work by covering the egg sack with layers of webs it has previously placed around the site.

After the sac is laid down, the female wraps it in a web to protect it from predators, as these eggs are delicious food for centipedes, scorpions, and other insects.

Marita Lorbike runs the YouTube channel Deadly Tarantula Girl and shared when she released the cubs from a sack covered in cobwebs.

This Brazilian red and white tarantula Nhandu chromus hatched in 2013. Her name is Misty and she is five years old.

“I have been breeding tarantulas since the 1990s and have seen many successful eggs, but none of them had this many.

“This egg sac discovery was truly incredible – I was amazed and very happy with the results.”

The female then goes to work, covering the eggs in layers of cobwebs until she forms a ball of netting, which she will guard fiercely for the next two months.

Tarantulas are quiet pets that do not take up much space. However, they do not like to be picked up, which means they are not ideal pets for children.

Tarantulas can live for eight to ten years and often shrink as they near the end of their lives.