Female Guarding her Nursery - Photo by Bryce McQuillan (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo what is with all the eggs laying around everywhere in Northern Ontario right now? Well, the type of Dock Spider found in these parts have an interesting breeding behaviour. The females will typically lay about 500 eggs (Yes, I said 500) but before setting up the nursery, which is usually composed of leaves or in rock crevices (and apparently on decks and docks), they will carry their egg sacs in their fangs for up to 3 weeks. Usually the female Dock Spider will live long enough to lay 2 or even 3 sets of egg sacs before dying. I have a hunch this rule doesn’t apply to the ones my family keeps finding.<\/p>\n
Dock Spider Fast Fact – <\/strong>I know this fact is running a little longer but I thought you would like this interesting adaptation. When a Dock Spider is threatened they will typically submerge themselves in the water. Once underwater tiny air bubbles will gather on the spiders hairs allowing them to remain submerged for 10 to 15 minutes. That is pretty cool, eh?<\/p>\nOkay, I hope you enjoyed our creepy Wild Fact. \u00a0See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Now I know a lot of my readers will not be too pleased with today’s Wild Fact but while visiting my parents place this past weekend, I learned that they are in the midst of quite the battle with the infamous Dock Spider. Apparently they keep finding nests with hundreds of baby spiders around their deck and dock. I am not going to lie, this even creeps me out. These spiders are huge and the thought of hundreds of baby spiders roaming around the house…….ewww. If you are not familiar with the Dock Spider, it may just be that you <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,2187,2181,2185,2182,2186,4025,2184,2183],"yoast_head":"\n
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