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<blockquote data-quote="warriormom" data-source="post: 62899" data-attributes="member: 8025">Day 35 5.29.2012[ATTACH]12621[/ATTACH]i don't know if y'all can really see the detail on this, but i have to share this story. i saw this girl running from my house across our front porch one day and i noticed that her back side looked really bumpy. i was intrigued, and thinking to myself 'i've never seen anything quite like this,' i got down on her level and realized those 'bumps' on her back were in fact her offspring. i always thought spiders just had their babies and took off. i was not aware of any that carried them around for any period of time. anyway, she ran off the porch and was gone. three days later, i saw her again and was able to trap her while i ran in to get my camera. this is her inside the bottle. all i could think was 'i need to be able to zoom in closer!' i was using my 55-200mm and that was as close as i could get. what could i get that would get closer? i have to be about 2 or 3 feet away to focus with this one. so yeah, anyway, those are babies on her back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="warriormom, post: 62899, member: 8025"] Day 35 5.29.2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]12621._xfImport[/ATTACH] i don't know if y'all can really see the detail on this, but i have to share this story. i saw this girl running from my house across our front porch one day and i noticed that her back side looked really bumpy. i was intrigued, and thinking to myself 'i've never seen anything quite like this,' i got down on her level and realized those 'bumps' on her back were in fact her offspring. i always thought spiders just had their babies and took off. i was not aware of any that carried them around for any period of time. anyway, she ran off the porch and was gone. three days later, i saw her again and was able to trap her while i ran in to get my camera. this is her inside the bottle. all i could think was 'i need to be able to zoom in closer!' i was using my 55-200mm and that was as close as i could get. what could i get that would get closer? i have to be about 2 or 3 feet away to focus with this one. so yeah, anyway, those are babies on her back. [/QUOTE]

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