Photo Feature
Spider and her Brood
<p><em>Photographed in Howrah, West Bengal, these newly-hatched spiderlings seem to be suspended in mid air. It is difficult to imagine invertebrates in parental roles but several spiders, insects and other invertebrates make excellent parents. A spider mother will carry or guard her egg sac until the spiderlings hatch. Once hatched, the young quickly disperse and use silk lines that rely on wind for their dispersal far into the forest</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Photo: Manaska Mukhopadhyay</strong></p>